Gem

Ring

29-128-1880

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1880
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony, Intaglio. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Bust of the young Herakles facing to right, he wears his lion skin and the paws are knotted about his neck. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1880 - Sommerville Gem Number

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