Gem

29-128-853

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-853
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Satyr | Thyrsus | Goat | Cup
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. A Bacchanalian, pouring out a vase of wine on an animal's head. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A young satyr seated to right, on a rock, thyrsus in his left hand, his right held out over the head of a goat. He appears to hold a small cup in this hand. Graeco-Roman, in rather good style.

Height 0.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 853 - Sommerville Gem Number

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