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29-128-111

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-111
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Roses | Venus | Aphrodite
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx - Venus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Draped bust of a woman with roses in her hair., to right. Sommerville identifies her as Aphrodite. 19th century.

Length 2.9 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 111 - Sommerville Gem Number

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