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29-128-705

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-705
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Meleager
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Meleager, son of Neoptolemus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ.

Vermeule: Sard. Mottled. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a youth to right. Identified by Sommerville as "Meleager son of Neopotolenus. The features are moddled in a general way after the well -known statue of Meleage in the Vatican, a Roman copy of a IV century work usually attributed to Scopus. Neo-classic.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 705 - Sommerville Gem Number

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