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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