Gem

Stickpin

29-128-728

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-728
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Middle Ages
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Young Man | Zeno
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Zeno, founder of the Stoic philosophy. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR.

Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Broken gold stick-pin mount) Silleted bust of a young man to right. Probably work of the Middle Ages?

Height 2 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 728 - Sommerville Gem Number

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