Object Number | 29-128-286 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1800-1879 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Roman Emperor | Commodus |
Description | Sommerville: Onyx. Commodus, eighteenth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate draped bust of a bearded man to right., the features suggest the Emperor Commodus, Sommerville's identification. 19th century, in a somewhat Baraque style. |
Length | 2.4 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 286 - Sommerville Number |
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