Gem

29-128-212

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-212
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jove Serapis
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Jove Serapides. An antique cameo, splendid work. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (unmounted). Draped bust of Serapis facing. Sommerville terms the Cameo ancient, but it is 18th or 19th century designed to suggest the antique.

Length 2 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 212 - Sommerville Gem Number

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