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29-128-681

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-681
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aphrodite | Venus
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Venus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of a woman of ideal type to right. "Aphrodite". Neo-Classic.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 681 - Sommerville Gem Number

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