Gem

29-128-388

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-388
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Apollo? | Semiramis?
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Semiramis. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of Apollo (?), of Hellenistic type facing to the left. "Semiramis". 18th Century.

Height 1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 388 - Sommerville Gem Number

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