Gem
29-128-1910
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1910 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | C. Manil |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Emerald |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Male Head | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Emerald. Ringstone (Unmounted) Head of a man to right, the features combining those of a dramatic mask and a man of the later Roman Republic. Inscribed (in reversed letters) C. MANIL. Neo-Classic, in good imitation of a Roman Republican portrait gem. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1910 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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