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Bracelet Fragment
| Object Number: | 29-128-2164 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Agate Sardonyx Gold |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Zeus Philip II |
| Height: | 1.9cm |
| Width: | 2.2cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2164 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
(Modern Gold Bracelet Setting) Filleted bust of Zeus to right, the composition copied from Greek coins such as those of Philip II of Macedon. cf 2176 for Hera from same series. Neo-Classic
Bibliography:
| [Book] Berges, Dietrich. 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. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 180, fig. 27, pl. 69 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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