Object Number | 29-128-38 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Plautius Hypsaeus Decianus |
Description | Cameo (Unmounted) Draped bust of a Roman facing to right. Sommerville identifies him as "Plantius Hypeaeus Deceanus, consulard colleague of Aemelius Mamercenus, B.C. 475. Neo-Classic, in a style designed to suggest a Graeco-Roman cameo. |
Length | 2.6 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 38 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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