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A love-scene, with Hercules and Omphale on a bed covered with the lion-skin. Mount: silver swivel-ring, type 3
History note: Shannon Bequest
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
16th Century-17th Century#
Circa
1500
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Circa
1700
Intaglio
Accession number: CG 720
Primary reference Number: 124926
Gem catalogue number: S 18(CM)
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sealstone" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124926 Accessed: 2024-11-08 13:26:02
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124926
|title=Sealstone
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 13:26:02|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-124926
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant45/CG_20720_1_adn21_201507_dc2.jpg" alt="Sealstone" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sealstone</figcaption> </figure> </div>
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