Object Number | 29-128-381 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Man | Woman | Alexander Severus | Julia Mamaea |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Alexander Severus, twenty-ninth Emperor of Rome, and his mother, Julia Mamaea. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case V. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. Hole across top, unmounted. Draped Jugate busts of a Roman woman and a young man; facing to left. "Alexander Severus and Julia Mamaea". Neo-Classic, suggesting an ancient stone. |
Height | 2 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 381 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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