Gem

29-128-178

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-178
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1400-1499
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Stag
Description

Sommerville: Agate - a stag (cinque-cento). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case K.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). A stag walking to right., scratching his right flank with his right hind hoof. Sommerville terms the work XVIth century, but it may be medieval.

Length 2.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 178 - Sommerville Gem Number

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