Gem

Ring

29-128-2000

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2000
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Satyr? | Cup | Dionysos | Staff
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) A Satyr(?) stands to drinking from cup. The infant Dionysos holding a long staff in front of him. Neo-Classic based on a Graeco-Roman ringstone.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2000 - Sommerville Gem Number

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