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Accession_Number 2007.9.2.6
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a mostly naked woman, her lower half draped in cloth, who is seated and holding the right arm of a cherub standing in front of her. A small flowering plant, a bee and two birds are also visible. (Box Index = Venus with crying Cupid who has been stung by a bee). Tray 5, Layer 1, Gem 6
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Condition Intact, some darkening of raised surfaces.
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Provenance
Period Modern
Date
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Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a mostly naked woman,who is seated and holding the right arm of a winged cherub standing in front of her.
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Beazley_DB
Height 3.9
Diameters 4.3 across at widest
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 10.2
Edited_by Freya (Guja and Matt 03.12.08);Laura
Date_edited 13.9.2007;11.08.2016
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