| Object Number | 29-128-242 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Moor | Meleager |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental Chalcedony, tinged with Sapphire hue. Meleager, wild-boar hunting in the wilds of Calydon. Interesting antique cameo. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O. Vermeule: Meleager hunting the wild boar in the wilds of Cayldon. "Interesting antique cameo" says Sommerville. Design copied either from an ancient sarcophagus relief or from a 16th century or later marble copying one of these ancient panels. 1700-1799 Post Classical. |
| Height | 6.7 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 242 - Sommerville Number |
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