Gem

29-128-748

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-748
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Otho
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Otho, seventh Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Draped bust of a Roman facing to right. The stone is probably copied from coin portraits of the Emperor Otho. 17th century.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 748 - Sommerville Gem Number

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