Gem

29-128-117

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-117
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1400-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Caius Gracchus
Description

Sommerville: maculated agate - Caius Gracchus. Rare stone. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G.

Vermeule: maculated agate. Cameo (Unmounted). Bust of an elder man of Roman Republic to right. Features are copied from a late Republican portrait gem or a Roman Consular denareus. 15th or 16th century.

Length 3.5 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 117 - Sommerville Gem Number

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