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29-128-983

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-983
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jove
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx Jove. Fine cameo. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [modern gilt ring setting] Draped bust of a man of Greek IV century BC, features facing slightly to left. Carved in high relief. 18th century.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 983 - Sommerville Gem Number

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