Gem

29-128-148

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-148
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 18th Century
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Livia
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Livia. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Cameo. Sardonyx. [unmounted] Diademed, veiled draped bust right. "Livia" 18th century, in good imitation of a cameo of the Julio-claudian period.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 148 - Sommerville Gem Number

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