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Cameo: CG 521

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

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Description

Female head in profile to the left; face refined and delicate, with a long straight nose and neatly delineated mouth; her lips are slightly parted and her head is held high, the attitude of an ecstatic maenad. Around her brow is a thin diadem or hairband.

Notes

History note: Shannon bequest

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

16.5*
18

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1st Century BC#
Circa -0100 - Circa

School or Style

Late Hellenistic/Augustan

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Sardonyx

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 521
Primary reference Number: 124599
Gem catalogue number: S 41(CM)

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cameo" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124599 Accessed: 2024-04-19 15:46:23

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