| Object Number | 29-128-700 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Philosopher |
| Description | Sommerville: Onyx. A Greek Philosopher (fragment). (Through Depoletti, from a Tuscan collection). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Carved so as to suggest a beak across the neck. Head of a Greek philosopher, partially bald and with a long beard, to right. 18th century, acquired through Depoletti from a Tuscan collection. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 700 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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