Gem

Ring

29-128-1841

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1841
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Socrates | Dionysos | Signature
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Socrates facing a similar bust of Dionysos of the "Sardonopolis" type. Dotted border inscribed between in Greek letters APOLLODOTOU. Neo-Classic, perhaps in imitation of a 4th century B.C. or later gem.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1841 - Sommerville Gem Number

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