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29-128-1352

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1352
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx | Jasper | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Youth | Terminus
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Young Roman consulting the God Terminus. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case NNNN.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold pin setting) Draped bust of a youth of the Antinous type, facing to right, comforting a bearded term. Probably 17th century.

Height 2.1 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1352 - Sommerville Gem Number

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