Object Number | 29-128-1245 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Cupid | Psyche |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Cupid and Psyche, two figures. Opalescent. Antique Pastes, Case YYY. Vermeule: Glass paste ringstone in pale yellow. Cameo. (Unmounted) Eros and Psyche embracing. Psyche wears a long chiton. The composition has its origin in an early Hellenistic statue group. It was very popular in terracottas and marble reliefs of the Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman periods. |
Length | 1.6 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1245 - Sommerville Number |
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