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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