Gem
Box Lid
29-128-2182
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2182 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Greek Warrior | Ajax |
| Description | Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Modern gilt box-top setting) Helmeted bust of a Greek warrior facing to left. Design based on the bust of Ajax "Menalos" in the Sala de Busti of the Vatican Museum. Renaissance. |
| Height | 4.3 cm |
| Width | 3.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2182 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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