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Accession_Number 2007.9.2.10
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a man, wearing armour and a wreath and carrying a spear, and a winged woman who is leaning forward, riding in a four-horse chariot. All horses are rearing up. Surrounded by a leafy border. Layer 5, Layer 1, Gem 10
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Condition Intact, some darkening of raised surfaces.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a man, wearing armour and a wreath and carrying a spear, and a winged woman who is leaning forward, riding in a four-horse chariot.
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Beazley_DB
Height 5.7
Diameters 6.5 across at widest
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Freya;Laura
Date_edited 13.9.2007;11.08.2016
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