Gem

29-128-750

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-750
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Parthian | Slave | Stage Mask
Description

Sommerville: Agate. A Parthian Slave. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Stage mask type face, facing. Said by Sommerville to represent a Parthian slave.

Height 3.2 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 750 - Sommerville Gem Number

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