Gem

29-128-11

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Metal | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Woman | Priapus | Sacrifice
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. The Sacrifice (della Fecundita) A man and wife making a sacrifice to Priapus that they may have an offspring. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case A.

Vermeule: Onyx. Cameo. [Gold pendant mount with loop]. Satyr and Maened making a sacrifice to a terminal figure of Pan, a ram's head hangs from a tree at the right. The Satyr holds a serpent. Italian, 18th Century.

Length 4.3 cm
Width 3.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 11 - Sommerville Gem Number

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