Gem

29-128-730

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-730
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Mimallone
Description

Sommerville: Onyx. A Mimallone one of the bacchantes who accompanied Dionysus on his expeditions. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case RR.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 730 - Sommerville Gem Number

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