Gem

29-128-308

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-308
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vespasian
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Vespasianus, ninth Emperor of Rome, A.D. 70-79, A remarkable cameo. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. Bust of Vespasian (69-79 AD)

Height 9.6 cm
Width 7.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 308 - Sommerville Gem Number

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