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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