Object Number | 29-128-699 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Eastern Mediterranean (uncertain) |
Period | Medieval (uncertain) |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Rock Crystal | Quartz |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Head |
Description | Sommerville: Rock Crystal. Antique head. Style, Egyptian. The only one I have ever found. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. Vermeule: Rock Crystal. Cameo. (Unmounted) A filleted head facing in high round relief. Medieval? perhaps from E. Mediterranean. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 699 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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