Gem

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29-128-2395

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2395
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Alexander the Great
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold pin setting) Broken. Filleted or diademed bust of a youth to right. The features appear to be those of Alexander the Great. The composition is copied from Hellenistic techedrachms or some older gem. 19th century.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2395 - Sommerville Gem Number

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