Gem

29-128-1328

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1328
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Alabaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marcus Aurelius
Description

Sommerville: Oriental alabaster. The Allocution of Trajan to the commandants of the cohorts of his army. Cameos, Case GGGG.

Vermeule: Oriental alabaster. Cameo. (Unmounted) A copy from an Aurelian relief in the Arch of Constantine, Rome. Marcus Aureluso standing on an estrade at the right addressing the group of legionaires who face him.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1328 - Sommerville Gem Number

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