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29-128-823

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-823
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography King | Head
Description

Sommerville: Two heads, in helmet and turban. Tenerae, Case ZZ.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Jugate busts to right, of a King or General wearing a wreathed helmet and an aegis, and (behind him) a turbaned African.

Height 2.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 823 - Sommerville Gem Number

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