Gem

Pin

29-128-2557

Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2557
Current Location Classical World Gallery - On Display
Culture Italian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Italy
Creator Luigi Pichler
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt pin setting) Bust of a Maenad to right. She wears an elaborate vine wreath in her hair with grapes and a ram's head on her right shoulder. 19th century.

Height 3.7 cm
Width 4.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2557 - Sommerville Gem Number

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