Gem
Ring
29-128-1821
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1821 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1899 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Aphrodite | Eros | Arrow |
Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio (Modern gold ring mount) Aphrodite dancing to left. She holds one of Eros' arrows in her upraised hand. Italian, 18th or 19th century. |
Height | 1.5 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1821 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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