Gem

29-224-716

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-224-716
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century | 19th Century
Date Made 18th-19th century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Human
Description

Male profile - Alexander the Great. Yellow/brown transparent glass, broken in the lower edge. Ringstone. Copy of a fragmentary traditional gem.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Depth 0.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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