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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