Gem

29-128-364

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-364
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Demeter? | Ceres? | Flora?
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. One of Ceres' Suite. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). A draped bust of Demeter or Flora, flowers in her hair, facing 3/4 to left. 19th century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 364 - Sommerville Gem Number

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