Gem

Object Number:

29-128-3A

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Renaissance

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Sardonyx

Technique:

Cameo

Iconography:

Saint Christopher

Description:

29-128-3a is Sommerville's original #3. St. Christopher carrying Christ child over the water. (Small cowled monk at left)

Length:

4.5cm

Width:

3.2cm

Credit Line:

Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville

Other Number:

3	-	Sommerville Number
354	-	Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems)

[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.