Gem
Ring
29-128-2338
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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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