Gem

29-128-1358

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1358
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1600-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Bacchus | Dionysos | Ariadne | Eros | Panther
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Bacchus and Ariadne, Cupid, and Ariadne's partner. Miscellaneous Cameos, Case OOOO.

Vermeule: (Unmounted) Dionysos, Ariadne, Eros and a panther. Dionysos is seen discovering Ariadne who is seated in dejected attitude on the Island of Naxos.

Height 2.6 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1358 - Sommerville Gem Number

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