Gem

29-128-1853

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1853
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Tympanum
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Jet ? Setting) A Maenad running to right, her head thrown back in ecstasy. She is beating on a tympanum held in her left hand. Neo-Classic, probably 19th century.

Height 3.1 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1854 - Sommerville Gem Number

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