Object Number | 29-128-147 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1800-1879 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Warrior |
Description | Sommerville: Carnelian - Cincinnatus preparing to take the field. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I. Vermeule: Carnelian (glass?) Cameo. (Unmounted). Scene of a warrior arming, a composition copied from an Italitic ringstone. Sommerville identifies subject as "Cincinnatus preparing to take field" but a scene from the Trojan war is probably intended. 19th century. |
Length | 2.7 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 147 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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