Gem

29-128-369

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-369
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator After Giovanni Pichler
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Sappho | Hellenistic Ruler | Alexander the Great?
Description

Sommerville: Maculated Onyx. Sappho, one of the Aeolian school of lyric poetry. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted head of Greek classical type facing to right. The features are more those of a Hellenistic prince, than Sappho., Sommerville's identification. 18th or 19th century.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 369 - Sommerville Gem Number

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