Object Number | 29-128-1389 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Livia |
Description | Sommerville: Livia. Persian Seals, Case TTTT. Vermeule: Vitreous paste. Cameo. (Unmounted) Veiled bust of the empress Livia to right. She wears flowers and sheaves of grain in her hair, and is represented as Demeter. Copy of a cameo in the Imperial Collection in Vienna. |
Height | 6 cm |
Width | 7.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1389 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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