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29-128-695

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-695
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Didius Julianus
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Didius Julianus, twentieth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate bearded bust facing right, identified by Sommerville as Didius Julianus (A.D. 193) 20th Emperor of Rome. Fine Italian 19th century work.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 695 - Sommerville Gem Number

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