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Cameo: CG 520

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

A female figure, perhaps a muse, walking towards the right. She wears a long chiton and mantle, the folds of which flutter out behind her, and plays a lyre which she holds in her left hand. Her head is thrown back as though to express ecstasy or inspiration.

Notes

History note: Shannon bequest

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

15*
23

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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

Onyx

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 520
Primary reference Number: 124598
Gem catalogue number: S 39(CM)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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