Gem
Ring
29-128-2499
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2499 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aphrodite | Eros |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Aphrodite wearing crested helmet and long drapery stands to left., a spear vertically in her raised left hand. She extends her right hand to Eros who appears to be kissing it. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2499 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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