Object Number | 29-128-1358 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1600-1699 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Bacchus | Dionysos | Ariadne | Eros | Panther |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Bacchus and Ariadne, Cupid, and Ariadne's partner. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO. Vermeule: (Unmounted) Dionysos, Ariadne, Eros and a panther. Dionysos is seen discovering Ariadne who is seated in dejected attitude on the Island of Naxos. |
Height | 2.6 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1358 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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