Gem
Ring
29-128-1094
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1094 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1400-1599 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Eros | Cupid | Altar | Bowl |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Cupid preparing a sacrifice. A cameo of the fifteenth century. This stone is very curious. White chalcedony figures on a ruby-red stratum, yet, seen against the light, all white. Gold and Bronze Rings - Cameos, Case QQQ. Vermeule: Sardonyx-Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Eros walking to right, carrying an offering in a large bowl to a flaming altar at right. Another bowl on ground in center. Italian work of the XVIth century. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1094 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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