Gem

29-128-587

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-587
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Byzantine | Late Gothic Period
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Heliotrope (Mineral)
Technique Cameo
Iconography Jesus | Magi
Description

Sommerville: Heliotrope. Cameo. Adoration of the Child Jesus by the Magi. Byzantine, Case II.

Vermeule: Cameo. Heliotrope. [unmounted] Adoration of Christ Child, the scene carred out in a Gothic Style and with a Gothic architectural niche. Probably 19th century

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 587 - Sommerville Gem Number

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