Gem

29-128-134

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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