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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