Gem
Pendant
29-128-312
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-312 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Vespasian |
| Description | Sommerville: Jasper-onyx, with Marcasite. Vespasianus, ninth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Jasper Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gold pendant setting). Bust of a man facing, sword belt across left shoulder bears letters B R F. Sommerville terms the likeness "Vespanianus, the 9th Emperor of Rome." but the features suggest some Hellenistic portrait not unlike the so-called Menander type. Late 18th or early 19th. |
| Height | 1.8 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 312 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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