Gem

29-128-98

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Incognito. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [unmounted]. Draped bust of a woman with features suggesting those of Faustina II (Wife of Marcus Aurelius),, died AD 175., facing to left. Neoclassical, copied from ancient coin or gem.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 98 - Sommerville Gem Number

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