Gem

29-128-52

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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