Object Number | 29-128-625 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Renaissance | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Queen Artemisia | Cup | Hebe | Cup |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Artemisia, with a vase containing the ashes of her husband's body; she is about to drink them. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Hebe walking to left, carrying the cup of Gods. Neo-Classic., in very good imitation of the antique style. |
Height | 0.6 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 625 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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