Gem

29-128-147

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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