Gem

29-128-35

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-35
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Moor
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Moor. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Bust of an African man facing to left. 16th or 17th Century.

Length 1.4 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 35 - Sommerville Gem Number

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