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Engraved Gem with Cupid holding a Butterfly

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Date: first half of 1st century A.D.
Medium: Banded agate
Culture: Roman
Department: Jewelry
Institution: Getty Museum

Type A4 (only slightly convex). Blue with white horizontal strip. Only slightly convex. Bust of Cupid (whose wings are not denoted) facing three-quarter to front; he clasps a butterfly (denoting Psyche) to his chest.

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