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Cameo Gem by Unknown

Cameo Gem

1st century A.D.

Garnet

J. Paul Getty Museum

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Four carved red gemstones are displayed against a neutral gray background. Three are oval-shaped and one is roughly circular. Facing head of Eros, circled by a ridge. There is a flaw on the left cheek of Eros and chips at the lower right and on the back, which is flat and unpolished. Spier, Jeffrey. Ancient Gems and Finger Rings: Catalogue of the Collections (Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992), no. 434.

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gemstone intaglio scattered arrangement varied scale frontal view portrait figure mythological scene stone rust gold austere

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