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29-128-625

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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