Gem

29-128-716

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-716
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Emperor | Empress | Augustus | Livia
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Livia and Augustus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Jugate busts of a Roman Empress and Emperor facing to right. Levia and Augustus. 16th century.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 716 - Sommerville Gem Number

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