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Accession_Number 2007.9.1.56
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a very thin human figure in a walking pose, facing right. There is a large, unidentifiable shape behind the figure, but this may be due to a fault with the plaster cast or the original gem.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, some surface damage.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.01.0056.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing a very thin human figure in a walking pose, facing right. There is a large, unidentifiable shape behind the figure, but this may be due to a fault with the plaster cast or...
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Beazley_DB
Height 2.2
Diameters 2.1 at widest
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Freya; Laura
Date_edited 11.9.2007; 28.7.2016
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