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29-128-276

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-276
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Maxwell Sommerville
Period Post Classical
Date Made ca. 1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Feldspar
Technique Cameo
Iconography King
Description

Sommerville: red feldspar. A Jewish King. Cut in imitation of the antique by M. Sommerville. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q.

Vermeule: Red Feldspar. Cameo. (Unmounted). "A Jewish King" Sommerville calls it. Cut in imitation of the antique by M. Sommerville.

Length 1.4 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 276 - Sommerville Number

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