Gem

29-128-606

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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