Gem
29-128-580
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-580 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Byzantine |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Western Europe (uncertain) | Venice | Italy |
| Period | Medieval |
| Date Made | 1200-1299 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste | Enamel |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Virgin Mary | Child | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique red enamel. Interesting Byzantine cameo. The Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus, with inscription in raised letters, sixth century A.D. Byzantine, Case II. Vermeule: Antique red enamel, Paste? Cameo. (Unmounted). Virgin and child. Inscription in latin letters left and right. Medieval, probably Western European. |
| Height | 2.8 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Depth | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 580 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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