Gem
Ring
29-128-2295
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2295 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros | Horse |
| Description | Vermeule: Dark Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Eros standing to left, cracking a whip at a horse which he holds by a long lead rein. Neo-Classic. The design suggests a Graeco-Roman ringstone. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2295 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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