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Cameo with head of a youth
Roman
Imperial Period
late 2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 36 mm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.771
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Cameos
DescriptionWears a wreath of laurel-leaves. Mounted in a modern English gold setting.
ProvenanceBy 1890, Eugène Piot (b. 1812 - d. 1890). By 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 233; 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.