Gem

29-128-144

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-144
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Bacchante | Stag Mask
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. A Bacchante crowned with a mask. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case I.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. cameo. (unmounted). Draped bust of a Maenad to right. Vine leaves and grapes in her hair and a bearded stag mask on her head. 18th Century.

Length 2.9 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 144 - Sommerville Gem Number

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