Gem
Ring
29-128-1828
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1828 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Heracles | Nemean Lion | Heracles | Cerberus |
Description | Vermeule: Dark carnelian. Intaglio. Herakles to right, struggling with Nemean lion. Signature in Greek letters in field right. |
Height | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1828 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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