Gem

29-128-845

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-845
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Silenus | Thyrsus | Ass
Description

Sommerville: Carnelian. Silenus on an Ass. Very fine. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case AAA.

Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Silenus carrying a thyrsus rides to right on an ass. Neo-Classic, imitating a Graeco-Roman ringstone.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 845 - Sommerville Gem Number

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