Gem
Ring
29-128-1827
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1827 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Shepherd | Staff | Goat | Panpipes | Palm Tree | Paris? | Helen? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) A heroic figure of a shepard seated to left, leaning on his staff. A goat appears beneath his feet and pipes hang on tree behind him. A palm lies on ground in front of the rock on which he places his right foot. He is, perhaps, Paris dreaming of Helen. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1827 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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