Cameo of Emperor Trajan

Photograph of oval cameo depicting a male figure in profile. The face and hair are white, as is an oval band surrounding the bust. The background of the cameo is black, but the shoulder drapery and leafy head band are mixed brown and white. The cameo is set in a decorative frame with set rubies at top and bottom.

Cameo of Emperor Trajan Set in Seventeenth-Century Mount

Medium:
Sardonyx; gold, enamel, and ruby mount
Dimensions:
H. 8.8 cm; L. 6.3 cm
Context:
Rome, mounted in Paris
Date:
Roman, ca. 100 CE
Inventory Number:
Camée.289
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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