Gem

29-128-390

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-390
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Iole | Lion Skin
Description

Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. Iole daughter of Eurytus of Occhalia and beloved by Hercules. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Cameo. Egyptian Jasper. [unmounted] Bust of Alexander the Great facing left, wearing the lion's skin of Heracles. 18th Century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 390 - Sommerville Gem Number

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