Gem

29-128-2231

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2231
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Nero?
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Pierced at the top on both sides. Bust of Julio-Claudian prince, perhaps the young Nero c. 54 A.D.

Height 3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2231 - Sommerville Gem Number

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