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29-128-863

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-863
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Minerva | Athena Parthenos
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. intaglio. Minerva, with embellished shield. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB.

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver pin setting) Half-figured bust of Athena to left, wearing crested helmet, aegis and shield on left shoulder. Neo-Classic, a modernized version of a composition going back to the Athena Parthenos in the Greek Vth century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 863 - Sommerville Gem Number

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