Gem

29-128-617

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-617
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Iconography Eros | Altar | Sacrifice
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A sacrifice. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Eros running to left, preparing a sacrifice on an altar at the left. 16th century? 610, 614, 617 appear to have been carved by the same hand.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 617 - Sommerville Gem Number

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