Gem

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29-128-1886

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1886
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Aesop? | Philosopher
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate draped bust of a bearded philosopher left. Features resemble those of the well-known marble bust of Aesop in Villa Albani, Rome. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1886 - Sommerville Gem Number

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