Gem
29-128-1146
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1146 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warrior | Horse |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste, color ruby. A warrior on horse. Fine iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Paste, color Ruby, iridescent. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A warrior galloping to right on a horse, his cloak billowing out behind him. The design is based on one of the figures of the Parthenon frieze. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 2.2 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1146 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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