Gem

29-128-790

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-790
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Stone
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aristides
Description

Sommerville: Tenera. Aristides. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV.

Vermeule: Tenera. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of an elderly bearded and balding man facing to left. Sommerville calls him "Aristides." 18th century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 790 - Sommerville Gem Number

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