Gem
Pendant
29-128-126
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-126 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Metal |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Urania | Orb |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Urania, one of the Nine Muses - Astronomy. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case H. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo (modern gilt pendant mount with loop). Muse Urania seated to right on a rock-work throne. She contemplates a large orb held on her left knee. The body type and drapery copy Hellenistic Muse statues such as the groups in the Vatican and Madrid. |
| Length | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 126 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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