Gem

29-128-297

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-297
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture French (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Ptolemaeus
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Ptolemaeus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a man facing to left. Sommerville calls him Ptolemaeus, but the features are as much those of a person of the French 18th century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 297 - Sommerville Gem Number

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