Gem
29-128-1273
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-1273 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Enamel | Glass |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Eagle | Serpent |
Description | Sommerville: Antique enamel. Contest between an Eagle and a Serpent. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Onyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted) An eagle struggling with a serpent. Graeco-Roman, the subject a very popular one in all periods of ancient art back to the IVth century silver coins of Elis in the Pelopponesus. |
Length | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1273 - Sommerville Number |
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