Object Number | 29-128-22 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Renaissance |
Date Made | 1400-1499 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold | Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Vespasian | Vespasian? | Galba? |
Description | Sommerville: Green jasper. Vespasian, ninth Emperor of Rome; laureated with gold. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case B. Vermeule: Green Jasper. Cameo. [unmounted] Draped bust of a man resembling the Emperor Galba or Vespasian facing to left. The wreath is made seperately of gold. The stone which is broken at the lower left has been remounted in a thin metal casing. Italian work of the 15th Century. |
Length | 2.2 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 22 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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