Gem

29-128-1136

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1136
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Enamel
Technique Cameo
Iconography Scenic Mask | Maenad
Description

Sommerville: Antique enamel cameo, color red jasper-onyx. A Scenic mask. Antique Pastes, Case TTT.

Vermeule: Enameled paste, imitating Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) A theatrical mask of a Maenad with vine leaves and grapes in her hair, facing. Graeco-Roman.

Length 2.8 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1136 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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