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29-128-202

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-202
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Juno | Woman | Livia
Description

Sommerville: Sard. Juno. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Sard. Cameo. (Unmounted). Diademed veiled bust of a woman facing to right. Sommerville terms her Juno, but the design may be copied from an early Imperial cameo of an empress such as Livia represented under the guise of Juno. Neo-Classic.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 202 - Sommerville Number

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