Gem

29-128-708

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-708
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Faustina II
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Faustina Junior. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Filleted draped bust of a woman of 19th century classical type facing to left. Sommerville calls her Faustina Junior. 19th century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 708 - Sommerville Gem Number

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