intaglio;
finger-ring
- Museum number
- 1913,0307.56
- Description
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Intaglio; jacinth; Apollo Citharaedus, standing to front, draped round the legs; leans to right and rests lyre on head of draped female statuette, Hecate?, which holds an object in both hands; his right arm raised over his head; in gold ring.
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 0.82 inches
- Curator's comments
- Text from Dalton 1915, Catalogue of Engraved Gems:
B.M. Catalogue of Gems, 1888, no. 729; Gori, Museum Florentinum, i, pl. lxvi, fig. 3.
Cf. King, Antique Gems and Rings, ii, pl. xv, fig. 33.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1913,0307.56
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: 1867,0507.50 (Greek and Roman reg.no)