Gem

29-128-1290

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1290
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1300-1399
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Venus | Adonis
Description

Sommerville: Amber cameo. Venus with Adonis before the chase. Curious work of the fourteenth century. From the Possenti Collection of Fabriano. Ambers, Case BBBB.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1290 - Sommerville Gem Number

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