Gem

29-128-2193

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2193
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Serapis
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Serapis facing, the kalathos or modius on his head. Cameo bust copies marble busts such as those in the Vatican and the Villa Albani which in turn copy the seated cult statue by Bryaxis in Serapis temple in Alexandria.

Height 4.7 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Depth 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2193 - Sommerville Gem Number | 498 - Other Number

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