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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