Object Number | 29-128-1183 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Date Made | 50 BCE-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Satyr | Nymph | Satyr | Maenad |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A Satyr and Nymph. Antique Pastes, Case VVV. Vermeule: Paste, white on sapphire. Cameo. A Maenad defending herself from a satyr. This composition was a popular one in antiquity and exists on marble reliefs, notably an example in the National Museum, Naples. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1183 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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