Gem

29-128-815

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-815
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Warrior | Achilles
Description

Sommerville: Alabaster. Achilles. Tenerae, Case XX.

Vermeule: Alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted) Helmeted bust of warrior to right., shield on right shoulder. Sommerville identifies him as Achilles. Perhaps XVIth century.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 815 - Sommerville Gem Number

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