Gem

Ring

29-128-2338

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2338
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Dionysos | Chariot | Satyr | Panpipes | Trumpet | Pan
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bacchic procession moving to left, Dionysos in chariot drawn by Pan who carries Pan pipes. A satyr blowing trumpet in center background. Italian, XVIIth century.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2338 - Sommerville Gem Number

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