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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