Gem

29-128-446

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-446
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nero
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Nero, fifth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a Roman of the late Republic or early Empire, to left. Sommerville calls him "Nero." Neo-Classic.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 446 - Sommerville Gem Number

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