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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