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29-128-856

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-856
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical | Renaissance
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Rock Crystal
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Christ
Description

Sommerville: Rock Cyrstal. Head of Christ, fifteenth century. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB.

Vermeule: Rock Crystal. Intaglio. (Unmounted pendant) Bust of Christ to right, termed XVth work by Sommerville.

Height 7.1 cm
Width 5.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 856 - Sommerville Gem Number

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