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29-128-301

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-301
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Germanicus | Roman Emperor | Marcus Aurelius
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Germanicus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-onyx? Cameo. (unmounted). Draped bust of a ruler facing to right. Features rather those of a Roman of the time of Marcus Aurelius C. 160 A.D. Italian, perhaps 17th century.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 301 - Sommerville Gem Number

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