Cameo with Mercury
1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueSardonyx
DimensionsLength: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.755
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Notes:
[1]Wilhelm Froehner, La Collection Tyszkiewicz (Munich, 1892), p. 31, pl. XXXIII, 3.
[2]Total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
15th century A.D.
1st–3rd century A.D.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
1st–3rd century A.D.
early 1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
mid-1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.
late 2nd–3rd century A.D.