Oval gem with Cupid and Psyche embracing
2nd century A.D.
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueJasper
DimensionsLength: 14 mm (9/16 in.)
Credit LineMary L. Smith Fund
Accession number65.3
On View
On viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Bernheimer's Antique Arts, 44 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138; purchased by MFA from Bernheimer's Antique Arts, January 13, 1965
550–500 B.C.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
6th–early 5th century B.C.
Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
about A.D. 136
1st century B.C. (?)
450–400 B.C.
mid 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.
early to mid 1st century B.C.