Cameo with Aphrodite and Eros
Medium/TechniqueSardonyx
DimensionsLength: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7536
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1898, sold by Athanasios Rhousopoulos (b. 1823 - d. 1898), Athens, to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1901, sold by Edward Perry Warren to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1901)
NOTE: According to Rhousopoulos, this had been "found at Tripoliza in Arcadia. Once the property of the famous Bouboulina. It was sold by auction at Nauplia and bought by Mavrokephalos the notary--who has the documents of the sale. He sold it to the goldsmith Mastrogiorgiou," from whom Rhousopoulos acquired it. This account of the cameo's provenance has not been verified.
NOTE: According to Rhousopoulos, this had been "found at Tripoliza in Arcadia. Once the property of the famous Bouboulina. It was sold by auction at Nauplia and bought by Mavrokephalos the notary--who has the documents of the sale. He sold it to the goldsmith Mastrogiorgiou," from whom Rhousopoulos acquired it. This account of the cameo's provenance has not been verified.
15th century A.D.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
1st–3rd century A.D.
early 1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
mid-1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.
late 2nd–3rd century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.