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29-128-401

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-401
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Lucius Verus
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Lucius Verus, seventeenth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust, probably of emperor Lucius Verus or a man of the XVIth century with similar features to right. Renaissance, XVIth.

Height 0.9 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 401 - Sommerville Gem Number

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