Gem

Pendant

29-128-1807

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1807
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eros | Inscription
Description

Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Pendant Setting) Bust of Eros, facing to right, the wings visible behind his shoulders. The stone is inscribed. Graeco-Roman, in very good style.

Length 1.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1806 - Sommerville Gem Number

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