Gem

29-128-442

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-442
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1800
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Domitia | Psyche
Description

Sommerville: Agate-onyx. Double cameo. Obverse: Domitia, wife of Domitian, eleventh Emperor of Rome, and daughter of Corbulo, a general of Nero - a vain woman, fond of dress. Reverse: Psyche, wife of Amor. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z.

Vermeule: Agate Onyx. Cameo. (double cameo) (Unmounted). Obverse: The Empress Domitia bust facing to left. Reverse: Bust of Psyche facing to right. 18th century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 442 - Sommerville Gem Number

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