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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