Gem
Locket (uncertain)
29-128-109
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-109 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Oriental Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Quadriga | Victory | Trajan? |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental sardonyx. The Emperor Trajan with Victory driving him in a quadriga. Notice the horses. A valuable and beautiful antique cameo. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G. Vermeule: Oriental sardonyx. Cameo (Modern gold pendant setting. May have been a locket. reset probably in XVIII or XIXth). Victory driving a Roman emperor in a quadriga to left; all within a heavy laurel wreath. Sommerville identifies the emperor as Trajan. (98-117 A.D.) Renaissance. |
| Length | 4.9 cm |
| Width | 3.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 109 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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