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29-128-136

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-136
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture East Greek | Persian (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Classical Greek Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Peacock | Tree
Description

Sommerville: An Intaglio bought of Mirza Petros Khan, Persioan commissioner to Vienna Exhibition, 1873. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Pale Sard. Intaglic. (Unmounted). Peacock walking to right., tree behind? Scarabold carved on convex surface. East Greek (Persian?).

Length 1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 136 - Sommerville Gem Number

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