Gem

29-128-880

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-880
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Nymphs | Gymnastics | Exercising
Description

Sommerville: Sard. An ancient gymnastic troupe. Nymphs exercising. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC.

Vermeule: Pale Yellow sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Six figures, some of them female engaged in gymnastic exercise. Neo-Classic, imitating a Graeco-Roman or Gnostic stone.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 880 - Sommerville Gem Number

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