Gem

29-128-844

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-844
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Etruscan
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Juggler
Description

Sommerville: sard. A Juggler, keeping several disks in suspension. The work is Etruscan. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.

Vermeule: Intaglio. Onyx. (Unmounted) A pygmy-like juggler bent over to right and bouncing a ball at the end of a string. Italic Etruscan

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 844 - Sommerville Gem Number

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