Gem

29-128-1289

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1289
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1300-1399
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Technique Cameo
Iconography Venus | Adonis
Description

Sommerville: Amber. Cameo. Venus lamenting over the body of Adonis, wounded by the wield boar that is running away. Curious rude work of the 14th century (from the Possenti colletion of Fabriano). Ambers, Case BBBB.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1289 - Sommerville Gem Number

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