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29-128-194

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-194
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 16th Century
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Matidia
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Matidia niece of Trajan. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Cameo. Onyx. [unmounted] Draped bust of a Roman empress of the Flavia or Trajanic periods facing to right. "Matidia" 16th century, after an ancient coin.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 194 - Sommerville Gem Number

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