Gem
Ring
29-128-1970
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1970 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bellerophon | Pegasus |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) A man with cloak over his right shoulder walking to right, holding the bridle of Pegasus who is flying up in the background. The man is undoubtedly Bellerphon. Neo-Classic, copying a Graeco-Roman ringstone. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1970 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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