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29-128-725

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-725
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1823
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pope Pius VII
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Pius VII. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR.

Vermeule: Pale sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Pope Pius VIIth right, as an older man. (Reigned 1800-23)

Height 2.2 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 725 - Sommerville Gem Number

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