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29-128-176

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-176
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lion Head
Description

Sommerville: Alabaster - a lion's head with a red tongue. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case K.

Vermeule: Alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted). Head of (alabaster) lion to right.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 176 - Sommerville Gem Number

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