Gem
Ring
29-128-2383
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2383 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aphrodite | Eros |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Aphrodite nude and holding her tresses with the left hand, stands to the right, a sword held in the right hand. Eros stands beside her, balancing a crested helmet on his head. Neo-Classic, based on a Hellenistic statuary type. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2383 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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