Gem
Ring
29-128-2273
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2273 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Bird | Cornucopia | Dolphin |
Description | Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Above: Birds on cornucopiae, pecking at a basket of flowers. Below: Two dolphins swimming towards each other. Graeco-Roman, the type of subject occuring frequently on funerary urns. |
Height | 0.9 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2273 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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