Gem
Ring
29-128-1085
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1085 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1880 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Citharista | Woman | Column | Kythera | Child | Flutes | Aphrodite? | Eros? |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Citharistria. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) A female half draped and leaning against a column is playing a large Kythera; an infant blowing double flutes stands on a column (Aphrodite and Eros?) 19th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1085 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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