Gemma cameo with a representation of a woman's head, unknown Roman workshop, female portrait, 3rd century, Roman Empire 27 BC–476, gemma, height 1 cm, width 0.8 cm, depth 0.3 cm, A small circular object with a carved profile of a face in relief sits against a plain background; the object shows a contrast of dark and light tones with black, deep brown, and off-white visible, and the carved face appears lighter while surrounding areas are darker, with textured lines suggesting hair or a headdress and smooth contours for the facial features.
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Gemma cameo with a representation of a woman's head, unknown Roman workshop, female portrait, 3rd century, Roman Empire 27 BC–476, gemma, height 1 cm, width 0.8 cm, depth 0.3 cm, A small circular object with a carved profile of a face in relief sits against a plain background; the object shows a contrast of dark and light tones with black, deep brown, and off-white visible, and the carved face appears lighter while surrounding areas are darker, with textured lines suggesting hair or a headdress and smooth contours for the facial features.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A19_281

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Gemma cameo representation woman's head unknown Roman workshop female portrait 3rd century Roman Empire 27 BC–476 gemma height 1 cm width 0.8 cm depth 0.3 cm small circular object carved profile face relief sits plain background object contrast dark light tones black deep brown off-white visible carved face lighter surrounding areas darker textured lines suggesting hair headdress smooth contours facial features.

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