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29-128-217

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-217
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Bacchante
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Bacchante. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case M.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a Maenad facing to left., grape vine running through her hair. Neo-Classic, well carved in imitation of models made in the period of the emperor Augustus (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.)

Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 217 - Sommerville Number

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