Gem

Ring

29-128-907

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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