481, A maenad, naked but for dress over her thighs, lies in three-quarter back view, her hands over her head which is raised on a round box or basket. She seems to hold fruit in her right hand, and is suckling a baby panther. A young satyr stoops towards her steadying himself on his pedum, a panther skin over his thigh, foot raised on a wicker box, holding the panther's tail. Beyond is an arc of flowers (?). At the right a seated maenad, dress over her legs and held over her head, where it waves free, holding a tympanon on her lap. Rocks or masonry below her and the satyr's foot. Below the notched ground line, two cymbals, a kantharos and a tympanon.
- Record Number: 40004753
- Sub-database: Marlborough
- Reference Number: 481
- Period of Original Gem: 1st cent BC/AD or poss. 18th cent.
- Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
- Description: A maenad, naked but for dress over her thighs, lies in three-quarter back view, her hands over her head which is raised on a round box or basket. She seems to hold fruit in her right hand, and is suckling a baby panther. A young satyr stoops towards her steadying himself on his pedum, a panther skin over his thigh, foot raised on a wicker box, holding the panther's tail. Beyond is an arc of flowers (?). At the right a seated maenad, dress over her legs and held over her head, where it waves free, holding a tympanon on her lap. Rocks or masonry below her and the satyr's foot. Below the notched ground line, two cymbals, a kantharos and a tympanon.
- Current Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 25.78.96
- Previous Collections:
- Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 226
- Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 481
- Shape: Cameo
- Size: 38x36
- Comments: Set in an enamelled floral border; mount 55x49.
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