Gem
Pendant
29-128-879
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-879 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | Luigi Pichler | Giovanni Pichler |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1734-1854 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Ceres | Demeter | Signature |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. Ceres, by Pickler, and signed in Greek by him. The finest intaglio in my collection. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Pendant Setting) Diademed draped bust of Demeter to right., the design copied from South Italian Greek coins of the IVth century B.C. and later. Signed in Greek letters by PICHLER. Sommerville terms this gem "the finest Intaglio in my collection." Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Depth | 0.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 879 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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