Gem

29-128-540

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-540
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Juggler | Balls
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Intaglio. An Equilibrist managing Three Bulls. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Man seated to right on a rock from which sprouts branches. He is holding an uncertain object in his hands. Sommerville suggests he is a juggler managing three balls. Neo-Classic; imitating the Etruscan or Italic Etruscan globula style.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 540 - Sommerville Gem Number

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