Object Number | 29-128-780 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Russian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Aetai | Russia |
Creator | After Feodor Tolstoi | Imperial Kolyvan Stone Cutting Factory |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | ca. 1825 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Siberian Jasper | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Warrior | Helmet | Shield | Spear | Tsar Alexander I | Rodomysle |
Description | Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. A warrior with Shield and Lance. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case VV. Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Bust of Czar Alexander I of Russia facing left in ancient style armor. Wears an elaborate plumed helmet and a breast plate, carries a shield and spear. Probably late 18th or 19th century, and features are those of a person of those periods. Kagan: Tsar Alexander I as Rodomyste Aetai, Russia C. 1825. Imperial Kolyvanfact; unfinished piece - roughly around Alexander's death(?) |
Height | 5.6 cm |
Width | 3.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 780 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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