Gem

29-128-294

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-294
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Gladiators
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. A Gladiator. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a Hellenistic Greek facing to left. "Gladiators". Neo-classic, copied from a marble head in the British Museum.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 294 - Sommerville Gem Number

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