Gem

29-128-114

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-114
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Heracles | Lion Skin | Club
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Hercules with his club. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo (Unmounted). Herakles standing to right., wearing his lion skin cloak and holding his club. 16th or 17th Century.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 114 - Sommerville Gem Number

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