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29-128-1123

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1123
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lion Head | Silenus | Mask | Comic Mask
Description

Sommerville: Antique Iridescent Glass Cameo. A Lion's head. Antique Pastes, Case SSS.

Vermeule: Glass, iridescent. Cameo. (Unmounted) A Silenus mask facing three-quarters left. Graeco-Roman.

Length 3.4 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1123 - Sommerville Gem Number

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