Object Number | 29-128-52 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Masaniello | Woman | Sappho? |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Masaniello. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (unmounted) Bust of a young woman to right., with feautres of the type identified as Sappho by Renaissance and later antiquarians. |
Length | 2.3 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 52 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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