Gem

29-128-2203

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2203
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vespasian
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate, head of the Emperor Vespasian, facing right. Style that of 17th or early 18th century; composition probably copied from a coin. Neo-Classic.

Height 3 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2203 - Sommerville Gem Number

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