Gem

29-128-420

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-420
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Eros
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Cupid. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted bust of Eros to right, represented as an adolescent with small wings growing out of his shoulders. 19th Century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 420 - Sommerville Gem Number

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