Object Number | 29-128-877 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Graeco-Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Carita | Woman | Food | Infant | Trees |
Description | Sommerville: Pale Sard. Carita. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Pale sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) An elderly woman standing to right., extending a tray of food? to an infant in front of her. A tree curves around composition to left. Graeco-Roman, perhaps with Bacchic connections. |
Height | 0.8 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 877 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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