| 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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