Gem

29-128-1329

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1329
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Aurelius | Barbarians
Description

Sommerville: Oriental alabster. Trajan giving a King to the Parthians. Cameos, Case HHHH.

Vermeule: Oriental alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted) Copy from an Aurelian panel incorporated in the attic of the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Marcus Aurelius crowning a northern barbarian chieftain or king who stands in front of him amid other barbarian leaders and Roman officers.

Height 5.6 cm
Width 6.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1329 - Sommerville Gem Number

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