Gem

29-128-624

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-624
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Abraham | Isaac | Sacrifice
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. rev. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting). Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 624 - Sommerville Gem Number

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