Gem
Box Lid (uncertain)
29-128-2535
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2535 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1800-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Maenad |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern gold setting, box?) Bust of Maenad to left, grapes and vines in her hair, skillfully represented in the alternating light and dark colors of the stone. |
| Height | 3.3 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2535 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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