Gem

29-128-751

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-751
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nero
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Nero, fifth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case SS.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate bust of Nero to right., features copied from his coin portraits. A very excellent Neo-Classic or earlier imitation of an ancient cameo.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 751 - Sommerville Gem Number

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