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29-128-397

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-397
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Woman | Thyone
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Thyone, mother of Dionysus (Bacchus). Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of a woman facing to right., grape leaves in her hair; her tresses fall about her shoulders. Sommerville identifies her as "Thyone Mother of Dionysos" Neo-Classic.

Height 1.3 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 397 - Sommerville Gem Number

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