Gem

29-128-1314

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1314
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Child | Cupid | Eros
Description

Sommerville: Amber Cameo. A child's head. Of the sixteenth century. Ambers, Case DDDD.

Vermeule: Glass paste or Amber? Cameo. (Unmounted) Facing head of a child or Cupid (Eros). Graeco-Roman

Height 1.9 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1314 - Sommerville Gem Number

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