Gem

29-128-847

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-847
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Woman | Melon Style Hair
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sard. Incognito. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Bust of a woman to left., her hair arranged in a wavy melon pattern found on later Hellenistic coin portraits. 19th, in imitation of Hellenistic coin or gem.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 847 - Sommerville Gem Number

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