Gem

29-128-1825

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1825
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Satyr | Rustic Shrine | Priapus
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A satyr seated to right playing on a lyre. At the right appears a rustic shrine with a statue of Priapus visable within. Neo-Classic, imitating a Graeco-Roman ringstone.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1825 - Sommerville Gem Number

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