Object Number | 29-128-134 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Man | Plato |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. - Plato, the comic Athenian poet. BC 429-348. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of a bearded Greek facing left. Sommerville identifies him as "Plato" the comic Athenian poet (B.C. 429-348). 18th Century. |
Length | 1.7 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 134 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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