Gem
29-128-1120
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1120 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italo-Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | South Italy (uncertain) |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Prometheus | Warrior | Trophy? |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color ruby. Prometheus. Antique Pastes, Case SSS. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating banded agate. (Unmounted) Warrior standing to left contructing a trophy of arms and armor. Traces of cable border at bottom. Influenced by South Italian Greek work. Italo-Etruscan. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1120 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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