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29-128-684

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-684
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Date Made 1500-1599
Section Mediterranean
Materials Lapis Lazuli
Technique Cameo
Iconography Otho
Description

Sommerville: Lapis Lazuli. Otho, seventh Emperor of Rome, grandson of Otho Salvius, an Etrurian. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case PP.

Vermeule: Lapis. Cameo. Bust to right., identified as Otho, 7th Emperor of rome. Probably Italian work of the XVIth century.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 684 - Sommerville Gem Number

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