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29-128-222

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-222
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Ram
Description

Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Lena, bacchante, with a goat's head on her shoulder. Beautiful maculation in the upper stratum. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (In gilt setting). Bust of Maenad right, vine wreath in her hair, ram's head on right shoulder.

Length 3.2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 222 - Sommerville Number

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