Gem

29-128-303

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-303
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Meleager
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Meleager, the wild-boar hunter. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. cameo. (Unmounted). Draped half figure bust of a youth identified as Meleager, facing to right. Probably 18th Century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 303 - Sommerville Gem Number

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