Gem

29-128-1150

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1150
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Medusa. Extraordinary iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case TTT.

Vermeule: Glass paste, Reddish color. Cameo. (Unmounted) Gorgon mask facing 3/4 to right, features those of the Hellenistic-Baroque type such as found on the breast plates of the statues of Marcus Aurelius in Alexandria and in Bobiol: Gardens in Florence. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.3 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1150 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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