Gem

29-128-1360

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1360
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Ajax | Achilles | Odysseus
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Ajax, Achilles, and Ulysses. A very fine antique. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. (Unmounted) Ajax, Achilles and Odysseus performing a sacrifice prior to their departure for the Trojan war. 18th century

Height 3.1 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1360 - Sommerville Gem Number

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