Gem

Ring

29-128-1821

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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