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29-128-1165
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1165 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Sphinx |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color sard. A winged Sphinx. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste imitating pale Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A Grecian sphinx seated in a recumbent position, to right. The left wing appears half spread behind her head. Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 1.1 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1165 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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