Gem

29-128-633

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-633
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1699 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cupid | Eros | Flute? | Tibia?
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Cupid with a Tibia. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Eros running to left, blowing double flutes. Graeco-Roman.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 633 - Sommerville Gem Number

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