Gem

29-128-310

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-310
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Cameo
Iconography Mercury | Roman Empress | Sabina
Description

Sommerville: Agate. Mercury. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S.

Vermeule: Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Roman Empress probably Sabina, wife of hadrian, facing left. Neo-classic, copying a well-known ancient gem now in the San Georgi collection in Rome.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 310 - Sommerville Gem Number

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