Gem

29-128-180

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-180
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1400-1499
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Camel?
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Two camels (cinque-cento). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case K.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Two camel-like creatures standing to right. Stone carved by someone who had never seen a camel but perhaps had seen early engravings.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 180 - Sommerville Gem Number

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