Gem

29-128-669

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-669
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amethyst
Technique Cameo
Iconography Dionysos | Bacchus
Description

Sommerville: Amethyst. Dionysus (Bacchus). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO.

Vermeule: Amethyst. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of Dionysos facing, in high relief. He wears grape or vine leaves in his hair and drapery over his right shoulder. Neo-Classic, imitating a Graeco-Roman stone.

Height 1.9 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 669 - Sommerville Gem Number

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