Gem
Object Number:
29-128-373
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Mediterranean
Period:
Neoclassical
Date Made:
1700-1850 AD
Early Date:
1700
Late Date:
1850
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Sardonyx
Technique:
Cameo
Iconography:
Trajan Decius
Description:
Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the Emperor Trajan Decius wearing armor and a radiate crown. Portrait copied from a series of large medallic bronze coins struck in commemoration of the millenium of Rome.
Height:
2.5cm
Width:
1.8cm
Credit Line:
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville
Other Number:
| 615 | - | Vermeule Number (Sommerville Gems) |
| 373 | - | Field No SF |
Bibliography:
[Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1950. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
[Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1877. Engraved Gems : Their Place in the History of Art.
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