intaglio;
finger-ring
- Museum number
- SLAIntaglios.104
- Description
-
Intaglio; amethyst paste; engraved with twisting, semi-draped female figure, head back, one arm raised holding drapery; kneels on one knee on a step; set in gilt finger-ring.
- Dimensions
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Length: 1.77 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Text from Sloane's Manuscript catalogue: 'Venus decumbens, in Granato'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- SLAIntaglios.104