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MS6011

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS6011
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Technique Cameo
Iconography Man | Child | Woman | Warrior | Winged Horse
Description

Vermeule: Copy in Painted plaster of the "Grand Cameo de France." in Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Central section left to right: standing figure with child in front of him. Standing figure wearing armor; Female? figure wearing wreath; 2 seated figures; male in armor, seated female. Above: 5 figures - one on winged horse. Below: 8 figures, central one a woman with child.

Length 31.5 cm
Width 27.5 cm

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