Gem

29-128-605

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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