Object Number | 29-128-849 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Amor | Eros | Cock |
Description | Sommerville: Tinted crystal. Extremely fine intaglio. Amor and a Cock. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Eros or Harpocrates with his hand near his mouth standing to right on top of a cock. Graeco-Roman. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.6 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 849 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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