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29-128-835

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-835
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Shell
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hermes | Nymph | Ruins
Description

Sommerville: Conchiglia. Mercury and a Nymph. Tenerae, Case ZZ.

Vermeule: Shell. Cameo. (Unmounted) In front of an elaborate scene of antique ruins Hermes walks to right, extending his caduceus to a nymph who is seated on the staircase at the right. 16th century.

Height 3.7 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 835 - Sommerville Gem Number

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