Gem

Ring

29-128-927

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-927
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Agate | Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Hyacinthus | Cup | Tree | Oinochoe
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Hyacinthus, the youngest son of Amyclas, a Spartan king. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Intaglio. Modern gold ring setting) A youth of Greek type standing to right drinking from a cup. A tree appears at the left and an oinochoe with a palm in it at the right. Somemerville identifies him as Hyacinthus, the youngest son of Amyclas, a Spartan King. Neo-Classic

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 927 - Sommerville Gem Number

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