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29-128-241

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-241
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Plato
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Plato, the Greek philosopher. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case N.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of a bearded Greek facing to right. Sommerville terms him Plato. 18th or 19th Century.

Length 2.3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 241 - Sommerville Number

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