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29-128-1859

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1859
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Pin Setting) Head of Medusa facing. The features in the so-called "Pathelic" style seen best in the outside of the Tazza Farnese in Naples. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1859 - Sommerville Gem Number

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