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29-128-250

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-250
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Crispina
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. Crispina, wife of Commodus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Diademed, draped bust of a female to left. Sommerville identifies her as Crispina, wife of Commodus. Features copied from IInd. century coin or medallion portrait. Neo-classic.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 250 - Sommerville Number

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