Gem

Ring

29-128-1967

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1967
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting). Bust of the young Herakles wearing the lionskin facing to right; the design based on Hellenistic statuary types. Neo-Classic.

Height 1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1967 - Sommerville Gem Number

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