Object Number | 29-128-828 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Renaissance |
Date Made | 1500-1599 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Brutal Head | Female Head | Bearded General | Magi |
Description | Sommerville: Three remarkably dissimilar heads, cut on the strata of one piece of conchiglia. Tenerae, Case ZZ. Vermeule: Shell. Ren. Port. Cameo. (Unmounted) Three busts facing to left., from left to right: A brutal head. Female head with African features. A bearded general in helmet of XVIth century. "Three remarkably dissimilar heads, out on the strata of one piece of conchiglia." |
Height | 2.7 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 828 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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