Gem
Ring
29-128-2507
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2507 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Aphrodite |
Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Aphrodite crouching to left in her bath holding her drapery up over her head and in front of her. Neo-Classic, going back to later Hellenistic models in painting and sculpture. |
Height | 1.1 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2507 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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