Gem

Ring

29-128-2295

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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