Gem

29-128-73

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Northern Europe (uncertain)
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Faun | Panther Skin | Vine Wreath
Description

Sommerville: Tenera. A Faun. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (unmounted) Bust of a Faun facing, head facing slightly to right. He wears the panther's skin about his neck and a vine wreath in his hair. 17th century. Perhaps Northern European.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 73 - Sommerville Gem Number

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