Object Number | 29-128-111 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1800-1879 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Woman | Roses | Venus | Aphrodite |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx - Venus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (unmounted) Draped bust of a woman with roses in her hair., to right. Sommerville identifies her as Aphrodite. 19th century. |
Length | 2.9 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 111 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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