Gem

29-128-362

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-362
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Incognito. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a young man facing to left. Probably 17th, freely copied from a Roman portrait gem.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 362 - Sommerville Gem Number

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