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29-128-88

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-88
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Zeno
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony Onyx - Zeno, founder of Stoic Philosophy. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Filleted draped bust of a bearded Greek to right. Sommerville identifies him as Zeno. Neo-Classic, imitating an ancient Cameo.

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 88 - Sommerville Gem Number

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