Gem
Ring
29-128-1841
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1841 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Socrates | Dionysos | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Socrates facing a similar bust of Dionysos of the "Sardonopolis" type. Dotted border inscribed between in Greek letters APOLLODOTOU. Neo-Classic, perhaps in imitation of a 4th century B.C. or later gem. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1841 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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