Gem

29-128-2007

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2007
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Nicholas
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Julius Caesar | Marc Antony | Augustus
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Bust of Julius Caesar, opposite which appears busts of Antony and the young Octavian (?). Pseudo-Greek letters below (Nicholas?). Bust flanked by lituus and ewer. Neo-Classic

Height 2.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2007 - Sommerville Gem Number

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