Gem

29-128-428

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-428
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aurora? | Nike? | Biga
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Figure of Victory guiding a Biga. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted). Aurora (?) or, less likely, Victory (wingless) driving a biga of horses to left. 18th or 19th century, of second rate workmanship.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 428 - Sommerville Gem Number

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