Gem

29-128-135

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-135
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Livia
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Livia, widow of Augustus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped veiled bust of a woman, identified by Sommerville as the Empress Livia facing to left. 19th century.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 135 - Sommerville Gem Number

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