Gem

Ring

29-128-2296

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2296
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Metal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Europa | Zeus | Bull
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. Europa carried over the sea to right by Zeus in guise of a bull, her cloak flies out to left. Neo-Classic.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2296 - Sommerville Gem Number

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