Gem

29-128-1149

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1149
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Woman | Bird
Description

Sommerville: Antique Paste Intaglio, color pale sard. Woman worshipping a bird.

Vermeule: Intaglio. Glass paste, imitating pale sard. (Unmounted) Woman seated to right, facing a small Ionic column on which a bird is perched. Probably made for ritual purposes. Italic.

Length 1.1 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1149 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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