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29-128-700

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-700
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Philosopher
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Greek Philosopher (fragment). (Through Depoletti, from a Tuscan collection). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Carved so as to suggest a beak across the neck. Head of a Greek philosopher, partially bald and with a long beard, to right. 18th century, acquired through Depoletti from a Tuscan collection.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 700 - Sommerville Gem Number

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