Gem

Ring

29-128-571

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-571
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman | Gnostic (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Pegasus | Putti | Amorini
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Abraxas. Intaglio ring. The winged horse Pegasus surrounded by frolicking boys. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH.

Vermeule: Agate. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting). Two winged horse, Pegasus, surrounded by worshippers and frolicing putti or amorini. Graeco-Roman, probably with "Gnostic" significance. cf 567, which is probably by same engraver.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 571 - Sommerville Gem Number

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