Gem

Ring

29-128-1970

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1970
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bellerophon | Pegasus
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) A man with cloak over his right shoulder walking to right, holding the bridle of Pegasus who is flying up in the background. The man is undoubtedly Bellerphon. Neo-Classic, copying a Graeco-Roman ringstone.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1970 - Sommerville Gem Number

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