Cameo
Gem
29-128-673
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-673 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Aristotle |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. Aristotle. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of an older bearded man facing, in high relief. Sommerville suggests Aristotle... Neo-Classic, copying the head from an early Christian Sarcophagus. |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 673 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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