Gem

Ring

29-128-910

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-910
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Mare | Colt | Goose | Chicks
Description

Sommerville: Sard. A Horse with Colt; Geese, chickens, etc. Very fine intaglio. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) A mare with colt, the former grazing to right, a hen? with a brood of five young appears at the left. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 910 - Sommerville Gem Number

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