Gem
Bracelet Fragment
Object Number: | 29-128-2176 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Mediterranean |
Period: | Post Classical |
Date Made: | 1700-1899 |
Early Date: | 1700 |
Late Date: | 1899 |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Agate (uncertain) Sardonyx (uncertain) Gold |
Technique: | Cameo |
Iconography: | Hera? Inscription |
Height: | 2 cm |
Width: | 2.2 cm |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number: | 2176 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Agate (Sardonyx) Cameo. (Modern Gold Bracelet Setting) Diademed head of Hera (?) to left, a composition copied from Greek 4th century B.C. coins. Lettered: NSE. Late 18th or 19th century. From same set as 2164.
Bibliography:
[Book] Berges, Dietrich K. 2011. Höchste Schönheit und einfache Grazie. Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxwell Sommerville im University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia PA.. Rahden. Verlag Marie Leidorf GMbH. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 202, fig. 72, pl. 131 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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