Gem

29-128-2205

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2205
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Warrior
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Sardonyx. Cameo. (Gold box-top setting) Helmeted, draped cuirassed bust of ideal Greek warrior to right. Iconography based on ancient gem busts of Goddess Roma. Sphinx below plumes of helmet.

Height 4.4 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2205 - Sommerville Gem Number

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