Gem

29-128-1333

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1333
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Aurelius | Officials
Description

Sommerville: Oriental alabaster. Trajan bestowing the Conciario - the distribution of grain to the people. Cameos, Case IIII.

Vermeule: (Unmounted) Cameo. Copy from an Aurelian relief incorporated in the attic of the Arch of Constantine, Rome. Marcus Aurelius in civic garb, seated on a circle chair flanked by civic officials. He is bestowing largess upon four citizens and two children in the foreground.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 6.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1333 - Sommerville Gem Number

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