Gem

29-128-827

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-827
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1750 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Shell
Technique Cameo
Iconography Bearded Man
Description

Sommerville: A bearded head. Tenerae, Case ZZ.

Vermeule: Shell, agate-type. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of a bearded man to left; seen from the back; the features are derived from some Hellenistic representation of an old man. 17th century or earlier 18th.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 827 - Sommerville Gem Number

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