Gem

Ring

29-128-2356

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2356
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Eros | Cloak? | Lion Skin?
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Eros running to left carrying an elaborate cloak which billows out behind him. It may be lion's skin of Herakles. 17th century.

Height 0.6 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2356 - Sommerville Gem Number

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