Gem
Ring
29-128-1821
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1821 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aphrodite | Eros | Arrow |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio (Modern gold ring mount) Aphrodite dancing to left. She holds one of Eros' arrows in her upraised hand. Italian, 18th or 19th century. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1821 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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