Ring with Onyx Cameo of a Bacchante (Female Follower of Bacchus, God of Wine)

18th century

17 cm 28 cm

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The image of a priestess of Bacchus dancing with her symbol the "thrysos" is taken from an intaglio dating from the 5th century BC.

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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