Gem
29-128-620
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-620 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Ares? | Venus? | Biga | Lion | Leopard |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Venus in a Biga, drawn by a lion and a leopard. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Ares riding to left on a decorated cart pulled by a lion and a leopard. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 620 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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