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Accession_Number 2007.9.2.7
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Rounded rectangle
Material Plaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Displays a winged man, crouching down on one knee, a quiver of arrows on his back and a bow at his feet are visible, whilst a woman reclines on the ground, only her lower half covered in cloth, resting her upper body agaist his knee. (Box Index = Amore e Psiche or Love and Psyche). Box 5, Layer 1, Gem 7
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a gem cast showing a winged man, crouching down on one knee, whilst a woman reclines on the ground.
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Beazley_DB
Height 3.9
Diameters 5.2 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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