Gem

Ring

29-128-2046

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2046
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Eagle | Hare
Description

Vermeule: Red Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) An eagle standing to right, bearing at the body of a hare which it clutches in its talons. The design is a traditional one in Greek Art going back to the coins of Akragus in the later Vth century B.C. Graeco-Roman, based on an older model.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2046 - Sommerville Gem Number

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