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29-128-979

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-979
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Titus?
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Titus, tenth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case JJJ.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting surrounded by paste brilliants) Laureate bust to left; termed "Titus 10th Emperor of Rome" by Sommerville, but the features are very general and certainly not those of Titus.

Height 2.3 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 979 - Sommerville Gem Number

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