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29-128-36

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-36
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Philosopher
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. A Philosopher. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped bust of Greek philosopher type facing to right. Crude work, perhaps Northern European of the 19th Century.

Length 2.3 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 34 - Sommerville Gem Number

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