Gem
Ring
29-128-2000
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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