Gem
Ring
29-128-2311
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2311 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Deities |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) A mythological scene, four figures one wearing a helmet and holding a shield, and a shild or Eros in their midst, stand in conversation beneath a tree. They are perhaps a group of divinities. Neo-Classic, imitating a Graeco-Roman intaglio. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2311 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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