| Object Number | 29-128-290 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Eros | Cupid | Cart | Goat | Lion |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. The Power of Love. Cupid in a chariot drawn by a goat and a lion. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Eros driving a cart to the right. The cart is drawn by a goat and a lion, symbolic of the power of love. Sommerville adds the quotation "He drives not only the lascivious but the strong." 16th or 17th century. |
| Height | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 290 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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