Object Number | 29-128-2319 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1700-1899 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Green Jasper |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Woman | Altar | Eagle | Hare | Inscription |
Description | Vermeule: Green jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Half draped female seated to left on a garlanded altar and against an urn from which a tree emerges. An eagle flies from the left bearing her a hare in it's talons. Two birds appear on the ground in front of her. Inscribed AMICITIA. Neo-Classic |
Height | 2.7 cm |
Width | 3.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2319 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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