Object Number | 29-128-609 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Milan | North Italy (uncertain) |
Creator | After Alesandro Masnago |
Period | Renaissance |
Date Made | 1400-1499 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx | Silver | Emerald | Pearl |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Noah | Ark | Animal |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. The Ark of Noah. Setting of emeralds and pearls, of the sixteenth century. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case KK. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Late Renaissance pendant silver, emeralds and pearls). Noah praying to Jehovah while animals, 2 by 2, board the ark. |
Height | 2.8 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 609 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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