Gem
Ring
29-128-2295
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2295 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Eros | Horse |
Description | Vermeule: Dark Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Eros standing to left, cracking a whip at a horse which he holds by a long lead rein. Neo-Classic. The design suggests a Graeco-Roman ringstone. |
Height | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2295 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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