Gem
| Object Number: | 29-128-614 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Italian |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Italy |
| Period: | Renaissance |
| Date Made: | 1400-1499 |
| Early Date: | 1400 |
| Late Date: | 1499 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Chalcedony Onyx |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Eros Sea Lion |
| Length: | 0.9 cm |
| Width: | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 614 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cupid on a Dolphin. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.
Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Unmounted. Eros riding to right., on a sea-lion. 15th or 16th century. 610, 614, 617 appear to have been carved by the same hand.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 707, no. 614 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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