drawing
- Museum number
- 2010,5006.845
- Description
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Gem engraved with a finger-ring, with a rabbit within the hoop, a charioteer driving a four-horse chariot above the bezel, a butterfly on either side of the ring, a grasshopper on an ear of corn below, and inscribed "M.VI BIH." (BM Cat. Gem 2653).
Pen and ink with brown wash on a sheet of paper, which is stuck down onto a second sheet watermarked '1794 J WHATMAN' together with 2010,5006.843 - 851; the assemblage framed in a red ink border.
- Production date
- 1768 - 1805
- Dimensions
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Height: 55 millimetres
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Width: 47 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2010,5006.845