Gem

29-128-608

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-608
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Head | Venus | Aphrodite
Description

Sommerville: Green Iceland Jasper. Double cameo. Obverse, a rude head, in relief. Reverse, Venus. Intaglio. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Green Island Jasper. Cameo-Intaglio. (Unmounted). A rude head in relief to right. R: Figure of Aphrodite? standing looking to right. Medieval.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 608 - Sommerville Gem Number

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