Gem

29-128-31

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-31
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture French (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location France (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pyrrhus
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Pyrrjis, King of Epirus.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a bearded Greek to right., wearing a crested Corinthian helmet, identified as Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. 17th Century, perhaps French.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 31 - Sommerville Gem Number

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