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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