| 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 |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. The rape of Proserpine by Pluto. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO. Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (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. Renaissance. |
| Height | 8.7 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1363 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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