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29-128-229

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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