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29-128-785

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-785
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Calcite
Technique Cameo
Iconography Agrippa | Woman | Acanthus Leaves
Description

Sommerville: Red Calcite. Head of Agrippa. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV.

Vermeule: Red calcite. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a female in style of the middle Vth century B.C. to right. The whole set against a design of Acauthus leaves and tendrils. Sommerville calls "Agrippa." 18th or 19th century.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 785 - Sommerville Gem Number

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