Gem

29-128-391

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-391
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Mask
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Chimera. Woman with a mask. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Agate, in several layers. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a young woman of ideal type facing to the left. A tragic mask is carved in the brownish layer of her left ear. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 391 - Sommerville Gem Number

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