| Object Number | 29-128-936 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Cheiron | Boat | Styx |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. Charon, passing over the Styx in his bark to conduct the souls after death to Avernus. Observe the bird in one hand and the flames in the other. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold (reset) ring mount) An Italian 18th imitation of a Roman Gryllos type subject probably Chiron conducting souls of the dead across the Styx in his boat. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 936 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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