Object Number | 29-128-693 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Italy |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1600-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Man | Woman | Julia Pia | Geta Septimius | Emperor | Empress | Marcus Aurelius | Helena |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Julia Pia and her son Geta. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP. Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted). Jugate busts to right; of a man and woman. man resembles young Marcus Aurelius, the wom the Empress Helena as seen on a unique bronze medallion in British Museum. Italian 17th Century work. |
Height | 2.3 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 693 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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