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29-128-205

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-205
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1800-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Ram Head
Description

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

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Maenad to left, vine leaves in her hair, a ram's head on her left shoulder. 19th Century, the design based on Roman busts of the so-called Sappho type.

Length 2.6 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 205 - Sommerville Number

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