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29-128-579

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-579
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator After Antonio Abondio
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Green Jasper | Heliotrope (Mineral)
Technique Cameo
Iconography Christ | Crown of Thorns
Description

Sommerville: Heliotrope. Head of Christ, crowned with thorns. Byzantine, Case II.

Vermeule: Green Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of Christ to left., wearing crown of thorns. Sommerville suggests the natural spots are utilised to represent the blood from the thorns. 19th century.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 579 - Sommerville Gem Number

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