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Photo by John Bentham.
Cameo
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Datedate unknown
MediumIvory (?) on stone
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 3 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object number2023.10.90
On view
DescriptionCameo carving in ivory on a red stone base depicting an emporer, possibly Napoleon I, Titus, or Domitian.

Additional Details

Ivory man
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: Early 19th century
Medium: Ivory
Object number: 1992.15
Carved human figure
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Carved ivory or horn
Object number: 2023.10.92
Netsuke of a bearded man
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ivory, wood, metal
Object number: 1992.14
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze with inlay on marble base
Object number: 2023.10.73
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1800-1950
Medium: Bamboo, black pigment, feathers, gum or resin, woven grass, stone
Object number: 2023.10.37
Pipe Bowl
Date: unknown
Medium: Stone with paint
Object number: 1984.550
Photo by John Bentham.
Henry DiSpirito
Date: 1960-1965
Medium: Carved stone
Object number: 1997.3
© Jacobie Adamie. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clint…
Jacobie Adamie
Date: c. 1967
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1992.35
Monkey Netsuke
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 20th century
Medium: Carved boxwood
Object number: 1992.12
Two Rats on a Mussel Netsuke
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Carved wood
Object number: 1992.17.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze on ebonized wood base
Object number: 2023.10.78
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 2nd century CE
Medium: Marble
Object number: 1986.7.1