Gem

29-128-423

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-423
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Red Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Satyr? | Pan? | Nymph
Description

Sommerville: Red Jasper-Onyx. Satyr and Nymph. Superb cameo. Few museums posses a finer specimen of the glyptic art. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y.

Vermeule: Red Jasper-Onyx. Cameo. Satyr and Nymph. Since the so-called satyr has horns, the God Pan is intended.

Height 8.5 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 423 - Sommerville Gem Number

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