Gem
Ring
29-128-2487
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2487 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros | Aphrodite? |
| Description | Vermeule: Yellow Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Eros with bow attempting to retrieve his arrow which is held by a short skirted female facing him. She is no doubt meant to be Aphrodite, but she wears costume of Artemis or one of her nymphs. 18th in the late Rococco style. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2487 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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