Gem

29-128-140

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-140
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Chimera
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Chimera. Very fine. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Cameo. Onyx. [unmounted]. A Gryllos type subject: horned head of a ram forming the neck of three other heads all radiating from the center. 18th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 140 - Sommerville Gem Number

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