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29-128-1334

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1334
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Hadrian | Bear | Hunt
Description

Sommerville: Oriental Alabaster. Trajan at the Hunt, killing a great bear. Cameos, Case IIII.

Vermeule: Circular. Oriental Alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted) Copy of Hadrianic Tondo on Arch of Constantine. The emperor Hadrian hunting the bear.

Outside Diameter 4.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1334 - Sommerville Gem Number

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