Gem

29-128-46

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-46
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian (uncertain)
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1600
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Julius Caesar
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Julius Caesar. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case C.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo (Gold mount - box top?) Head of Julius Caesar to left. Probably Italian, 17th.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 46 - Sommerville Gem Number

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