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29-128-235

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-235
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Bellerophon | Pegasus
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Bellerophon catching the winged horse Pegasus drinking at the well of Peirene. Pegasus, son of Medusa by Poseidon. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case N.

Length 3.5 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 235 - Sommerville Number

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