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29-128-1205

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1205
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Mask
Description

Sommerville: Antique iridescent glass cameo. A rude mask. Antique Pastes, Case WWW.

Vermeule: Glass paste, from a sealing. Cameo. (Unmounted) A mask probably that of a sea divinity surrounded by seeweed-like hair facing. The mold was worn and the surface is somewhat deteriorated. Graeco-Roman.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1205 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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