Gem

Ring

29-128-2383

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2383
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aphrodite | Eros
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Aphrodite nude and holding her tresses with the left hand, stands to the right, a sword held in the right hand. Eros stands beside her, balancing a crested helmet on his head. Neo-Classic, based on a Hellenistic statuary type.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2383 - Sommerville Gem Number

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