Object Number | 29-128-66 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1800-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Agate |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Goat | Amalthea | Landscape | Rocks | Trees |
Description | Sommerville: Thin maculated red agate. The goat Amalthea, on of whoc hors Zeus afterwards gave to the daughters of Melilsseus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case E. Vermeule: Thin Red Agate. Cameo. (Unmounted) A goat feeding at a water-trough. All set in a landscape with rocks, foliage and trees. Sommerville identifies her as the goat "Amalthea," 19th century. |
Length | 5.5 cm |
Width | 3.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 66 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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