Gem

29-128-702

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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