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29-128-209

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-209
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Aphrodite | Venus
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Venus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a woman of classical type to right. "Aphrodite." 18th century.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 209 - Sommerville Number

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