Gem

Box Lid (uncertain)

29-128-2535

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2535
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1800-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold setting, box?) Bust of Maenad to left, grapes and vines in her hair, skillfully represented in the alternating light and dark colors of the stone.

Height 3.3 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2535 - Sommerville Gem Number

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