Gem
Ring
29-128-2023
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2023 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
| Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Jasper | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Eros | Biga | Swan |
| Description | Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Cupid driving a biga of swans to right. The subject occurs in several Graeco-Roman decorative marble reliefs. In an example in Vatican collection Cupid drives a biga of boars, in other instances animals are dromedaries, stags, owls and even geese. Graeco-Roman. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2023 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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