Object Number | 29-128-605 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | European |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Western Europe |
Period | Medieval |
Date Made | 800-899 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Icelandic Jasper |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Bearded Head | Christ? |
Description | Sommerville: Green Iceland Jasper. rude carving, of the ninth century. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ. Vermeule: Green Iceland Jasper. (Unmounted). Bearded head to left. "Christ"? Termed by Sommerville "rude carving of the IXth Century A.D." |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 605 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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