Gem

29-128-103

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-103
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Chloris
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Chloris wife of Zephyrus, goddess of flowers. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. Bust of Flora to right. 18th century

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 103 - Sommerville Gem Number

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