Gem

29-128-110

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-110
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lysimachus | Alexander the Great | Zeus-Ammon
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Lysimachus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: sardonyx. Cameo (unmounted) Draped bust of Alexander the Great, facing to left. He wears the horn of Zeus Ammon. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 110 - Sommerville Gem Number

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