Dark gray jasper gem: Solar child on lotus flower

PP-ID:

PP-5002

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 151

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 151

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 77; AGD III, no. Kassel 151; Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.c_3

Former Collections:

Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729); Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730)

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

16.3 × 11.3 × 4.1 mm

Iconography:

solar child sitting on lotus flower; solar child seated with one leg bent in knee; rays (3); greeting gesture; flail; lotus flower; lotus buds (2)

Dark gray jasper, upright oval, both faces flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8). Large chips along the edges.

Side A: Solar child with three rays around the head, half-kneeling on a lotus flower with two buds. The figure holds a flail in his right hand, while his left hand, damaged, is raised in greeting.
Side B: Undecorated.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 13, no. 77 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 365, pl. 158J (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 234, no. 151.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 19.1.c_3.