Gem
Buckle
| Object Number: | 29-128-1355 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Neoclassical |
| Date Made: | 1700-1850 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1850 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Onyx Chalcedony |
| Technique: | Cameo |
| Iconography: | Satyr Mask |
| Height: | 5 cm |
| Width: | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1355 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A Roman bearded mask. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case NNNN.
Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Gold buckle setting). Satyr mask facing.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Cameo and Intaglio: Engraved Gems from the Sommerville Collection (30 Nov 1956 - 31 Mar 1957) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 514 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Engraved Gems: Their History and an Elaborate View of Their Place In Art.. Maxwell Sommerville. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 753, no. 1355, pl. 99 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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