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Title: Bust of Christ
Date: ca. 1600
Culture: Northern Italian
Medium: Onyx or sardonyx, gold mount
Dimensions:
Overall, with frame and bail: 2 1/16 x 1 7/16 in. (5.3 x 3.6 cm);
Visible cameo, obverse: 38.9 x 32.7 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1939
Accession Number: 39.22.15
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