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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