Gem

29-128-77

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-77
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Sappho?
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Sappho, the Greek poetess, one of the two great leaders of the Aeolian school. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped bust of a woman, of the Sappho type, facing to left. Neo-Classic.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 77 - Sommerville Gem Number

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