Object Number | 29-128-229 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1879 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Aristides |
Description | Sommerville: rich red jasper. Aristides, a Greek philosopher. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case N. Vermeule: Red Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of bearded Greek facing, in high relief, himation over left shoulder. Sommerville identifies him as Aristides. 18th or 19th century, copied from a Graeco-Roman portrait bust. |
Length | 3.3 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 229 - Sommerville Number |
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