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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