Gem

29-128-1117

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1117
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Medusa
Description

Sommerville: Antique Paste Cameo. Medusa. Antique Pastes, Case SSS.

Vermeule: Glass. Cameo. (Unmounted) Imitating Sardonyx, a fragment of a large composition. Facing head of Medusa, her snaky tresses going out in all directions. Graeco-Roman.

Height 3.8 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1117 - Sommerville Gem Number

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