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29-128-451

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-451
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aesop
Description

Sardonyx. Cameo. [unmounted]. Aesop, bust right. The features of the dwarf Aesop are copied from a marble bust in the Villa Albani, Rome. Neo-classic.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 451 - Sommerville Gem Number

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