Gem
29-128-1163
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1163 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bacchante | Maenad |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio, color topaz. A Bacchante decorated with grape-leaves and fruit. Antique Pastes, Case UUU. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Topaz. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Bust of Maenad facing slightly to left. Vine leaves and grapes are evident in her hair and she wears a chiton pinned on her right shoulder. Graeco-Roman, well executed. |
| Length | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1162 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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