Gem

29-128-411

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-411
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Philosopher | Plato
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Greek Philosopher. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Head of Plato facing to left. The features are copied very accurately from Graeco-Roman copies of the IVth century B.C. portrait of Silanion. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 411 - Sommerville Gem Number

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