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Gem
| Object Number: | 29-128-1363 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Renaissance |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Metal Sardonyx |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Pluto Persephone Abduction of Persephone Hermes Quadriga |
| Height: | 8.7cm |
| Width: | 5.6cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1363 - Sommerville Gem Number 364 - Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
Description
(In oval gilt pendant setting) The abduction of (Persephone) by Pluto, Hermes leads the quadriga. The composition is an abbreviation of that found on Roman sarcophagi of the 2nd century A.D.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 364 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Catalogue Raisonne of the Sommerville Collection of Engraved Gems: A Descriptive List of Cameos, Intaglios, Seals, Rings, Amulets, Talismans, etc. Forming a Compend of Greek and Roman Mythology and Classical History. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 755, no. 1363, pl. 100 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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