IDENTIFIERS
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id:	31078
accession number:	M.66-1982

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 July 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Polished brown and white banded agate with a matt cameo frieze illustrating scenes from the life of Bacchus, including Jupiter and Mercury presiding at the birth while an attendant nymph leads up a goat for nourishment, and Bacchus as a young man making merry from his chariot drawn by leopards, while maidens dance and satyrs play the pipes and cymbals, all framed above by a wreath of leaves issuing from twin grapevines. On wooden plinth.
title:	vase

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Archibald Billing, Esq., M.D., A.M., F.R.S.; sold Christie's, 7 December, 1982, Antique Jewellery including A Collection of Cameos, p. 18, lot 90


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31078

PEOPLE
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Jupiter
Mercury
Bacchus
nymph
satyrs
maids

SUBJECTS
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chariot
pipes
vines
chariot
pipes
vines



TECHNIQUES
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polished brown and white banded agate, carved in relief
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture
category: agateware

DATING
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creation date:	1875 - 1875
creation date earliest:	1875
creation date latest:	1875
culture:	19th Century, Late#

CREATORS
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maker: Isler, Luigi

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 10.2

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13.2



CITATIONS
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The Science of Gems
Christie's Sale Catalogue, 7th December 1982
Stone Carving at Christie's
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