Gem
29-128-257
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-257 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Augustus |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate. Augustus in youth. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case O. Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the emperor Augustus to right. The gem is an 18th or earlier 19th century, copy after a portrait such as the glass paste in Vienna. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 257 - Sommerville Number |
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