Gem
29-128-844
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-844 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Etruscan |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Juggler |
Description | Sommerville: sard. A Juggler, keeping several disks in suspension. The work is Etruscan. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.
Vermeule: Intaglio. Onyx. (Unmounted) A pygmy-like juggler bent over to right and bouncing a ball at the end of a string. Italic Etruscan |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 844 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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