Double Gem
Idol
29-128-404
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-404 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Siberian Jasper | Silver |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Priapus | Woman | Herm |
| Description | Somnmerville: Siberian Jasper. Red and green. Priapus. This remarkable piece of Siberian Jasper is a double cameo. The purple-brown side representing Priapus, the green a female Egyptian deity. Mounted on a silver pedestal and was intended as a household idol. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case X. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 404 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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