Gem
Ring
29-128-2507
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2507 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aphrodite |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Aphrodite crouching to left in her bath holding her drapery up over her head and in front of her. Neo-Classic, going back to later Hellenistic models in painting and sculpture. |
| Height | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2507 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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