Gem

Bracelet Fragment

29-128-2164

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2164
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Zeus | Philip II
Description

Vermeule: Agate-Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold Bracelet Setting) Filleted bust of Zeus to right, the composition copied from Greek coins such as those of Philip II of Macedon. cf 2176 for Hera from same series. Neo-Classic

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2164 - Sommerville Gem Number

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