Gem

29-128-122

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-122
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture French (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location France (uncertain)
Creator Belham
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aspasia | Pericles | Inscription | Signature
Description

Sommerville: Pale Sardonyx. Aspasia and Pericles. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: Pale Sardonyx. Cameo (Unmounted). Jugate busts of Pericles and Aspasia facing to right. Signed on base Beltham fecit. The names of the subject are cut above the heads in French. Neo-Classic, probably French work.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 122 - Sommerville Gem Number

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