Gem

Ring

29-128-2495

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2495
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Man | Dog | Panther? | Horn
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gild ring setting) A male figure, probably a satyr wlking to left, in a landscape setting. He is flanked by a dog and a panther (?) and is blowing upon a large Rhyton type horn. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2495 - Sommerville Gem Number

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