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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