Gem

29-128-697

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-697
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pescennius Niger
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Pescennius Niger, twenty-first Emperor of Rome, A.D. 193. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Unmounted) Laureate draped bust of a Roman Emperor to right. "Pescennius Niger" (A.D. 193). Neo-classic, in the manner of the antique.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 697 - Sommerville Gem Number

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