Festival of Bacchus
Two-layered onyx.
Roman. 1st century.
4.1 × 3.0 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum

Festival of Bacchus.

Two-layered onyx.
Roman. 1st century.
4.1 × 3.0 cm.

Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).

Credits:
© 1994 Photo, text: O. Neverov, Antichnye kamei, “Iskusstvo-SPB”, SPb, 1994. S. 188—189, cat. 82.
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