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29-128-119

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-119
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Tullius Cicero | Elder | Roman
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Cicero. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: sardonyx. Cameo (Unmounted). Draped bust of an elderly Roman to right. Sommerville suggests Cicero but the features do not accord with his known portrait type.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 119 - Sommerville Gem Number

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