Gem

Pendant

29-128-2184

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2184
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Caracalla?
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gilt pendant setting). Draped Cuirassed bust of a young man to right. Features recalling somewhat those of the Emperor Caracalla.

Height 3.9 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2184 - Sommerville Gem Number

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