| Object Number | 29-128-839 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1699 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Mother-of-Pearl |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Bearded Man | Philosopher |
| Description | Sommerville: An Oriental bearded head. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Shell. Cameo. (Unmounted) Filleted draped bust of an elderly bearded and bald man; facing to right. 16th or 17th century. 824, 827, 830, 834, and 842, together with this, appear to have been made up as a set. Although Sommerville terms some of them Philosophers, they could equally well be Old Testament Prophets or even New Testament saints. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 839 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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