Gem
Ring
29-128-2356
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2356 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1600-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Eros | Cloak? | Lion Skin? |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Eros running to left carrying an elaborate cloak which billows out behind him. It may be lion's skin of Herakles. 17th century. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2356 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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