Object Number | 29-128-1281 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Mask |
Description | Sommerville: Antique iridescent glass cameo. A grotesque scenic mask. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Antique glass, iridescent. Cameo. (Unmounted) A grotesque head facing in high relief. The features which have an oriental aspect remind one of the Hellenistic grotesque in bronze add terracotta; nose broken. Graeco-Roman |
Length | 2.3 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1281 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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