Gem

29-128-840

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-840
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Shell
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man
Description

Sommerville: Conchiglia. A bearded Moor. Tenerae, Case ZZ.

Vermeule: Conchiglia. Cameo. (Unmounted). Filleted draped bust of a bearded man with Moorish Hellensitic features... in a Hellenistic helmet facing to right.

Height 3.1 cm
Width 2.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 840 - Sommerville Gem Number

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