Gem

29-128-2155

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2155
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Mask | Silenus
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Vine-wreathed mask-like head of Silenus facing. The design is copied from a Roman architectural decorative mask. 18th or 19th century.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2155 - Sommerville Gem Number

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