Gem

29-128-2319

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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