Gem
Belt Fragment (uncertain)
29-128-2434
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2434 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Medusa |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold belt?) setting broken into 3 pieces and reset. Head of Medusa facing: high relief. 19th century imitation of an ancient cameo. A marble relief such as the Medusa Rondanini or marble enrichments of an imperial cuirassed statue. |
| Height | 2.9 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2434 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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