Gem

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29-128-2159

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2159
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Maenad | Cup | Thyrsus
Description

Vermeule: Carnelian. Cameo. (Set in gilt as pin) Half figure of Bacchaute facing, holding cup in left hand. Bacchic staff or thyrsus in right.

Height 3.9 cm
Width 3.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2159 - Sommerville Gem Number

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