Gem

Pendant

29-128-2201

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2201
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Alexander the Great
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. (Modern gilt pendant setting) Laureate draped bust of an idealized youth to left. Perhaps itended for Alexander the Great by identification is difficult.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2201 - Sommerville Gem Number

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