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29-128-611

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-611
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance | Imperial Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Atlas | Earth | City | Mountain
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Atlas bearing the Earth on his shoulders. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Atlas supporting the Heavens on shoulders. A city appears at left., a mountain at right. The composition recalls the well-known Hellenistic marble statue of Atlas in the Picture Gallery of the Naples Museum. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Depth 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 611 - Sommerville Gem Number

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