| Object Number | 29-128-2035 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Heracles | Cretan Bull | Dionysos | Ariadne |
| Description | Vermeule: Agate in Pink and Brown. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Herakles kneeling to right, in act of roping the Cretan Bull. His lionskin appears behind him and a terminal figure of Dionysos and Ariadne fills the background. Neo-Classic, in good imitation of ancient style. |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2035 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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