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29-224-719

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-224-719
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture English
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Wedgwood
Period Post Classical
Section Mediterranean
Materials Porcelain (uncertain)
Technique Cameo | Intaglio
Iconography Ariadne | Maenad | Dionysos
Description

Vermeule: Small octagonal Wedgwood plaque with pin holes for mounting at top and bottom. OBVERSE: cameo; Ariadne seated to left receiving cup of wine from Maenad standing at left. REVERSE: Dionysos leaning to left against a column.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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