Object Number | 29-128-585 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Western Mediterranean |
Period | Byzantine | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1899 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Christ | Crown of Thorns |
Description | Sommerville: Egyptian Jasper. A curious Byzantine intaglio of Christ Crowned with Thorns, sixth century A.D. Byzantine, Case II. Vermeule: Egyptian Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Pendant Setting). Christ crowned with thorns; half-figure bust. Right hand raised in benediction. Setting enriched with fish right and left; palm below. Termed by Sommerville "A curious Byzantine intaglio". Perhaps 18th or 19th Century. |
Height | 1.4 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 585 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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