Object Number | 29-128-907 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Boar | Sacrifice |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. Dissection of an animal's body after a sacrifice. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case EEE. Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Two Roman sacrificial attendants are seen removing the entrails of a boar. Neo-Classic, based on the design of a Roman Republican ringstone. |
Height | 1.7 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 907 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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