Object Number | 29-128-606 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | European |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Western Europe |
Period | Medieval |
Date Made | 800-899 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Woman | Fury? | Mary Magdalene? |
Description | Sommerville: Maculated Jasper. A Fury. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ. Vermeule: Maculated Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Half-figure bust of a nude female with blowing hair to right. Identified by Sommerville as a Fury but perhaps the "Penitent Magdalene." |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 606 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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