Gem

29-128-313

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-313
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lysimachus
Description

Sommerville: Pale agate-onyx. Lysimachus, a general under Alexander of Macedonia, and afterward King of Thrace. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S.

Vermeule: Pale Agate-onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of the Alexander type, facing to left. Sommerville identifies subject Lycimachus, King of Thrace. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 313 - Sommerville Gem Number

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