Gem

29-128-1916

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1916
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Eros | Chariot | Lion | Ass
Description

Vermeule: Onyx. Intaglio. Cupid with filleted thrysus, driving a biga pulled by a lion and an ass, to right.

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1916 - Sommerville Gem Number

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