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Gnostic gem: Four standing figures with serpent
Roman
y1970-79
Information
Title
Gnostic gem: Four standing figures with serpent
Medium
Hematite
Dimensions
2.0 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck, Gift of Joseph Van Vleck Jr., Class of 1923
Object Number
y1970-79
Inscription
See accession card for reproduction of inscription.
Period
Type
Materials
Subject
From the collection of Virginia Aldrich Van Vleck; acquired by Mrs. Van Vleck at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1970 by Joseph Van Vleck, Jr., Class of 1923, in memory of his wife.
- Barbara Ann Forbes, Catalogue of engraved gems in The Art Museum. Dissertation (Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, 1978)., p. 153; pl. 34:143
- Barbara A. Forbes, "The Princeton Art Museum's collection of classical and classicizing engraved gemstones," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 54, no. 1 (1995): p. 23-29., p. 23, figs. 1–2
