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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