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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