Object Number | 29-128-702 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1799 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Faustina II |
Description | Sommerville: Oriental Sardonyx. Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius, daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior, and, like her mother, beautiful and wanton. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. Vermeule: Oriental Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate, draped bust of Roman woman facing to left. "Faustina, wife of Marcus Aurelius." 18th century. |
Height | 1.2 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 702 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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