Object Number | 29-128-1227 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Mask |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. A very grotesque mask, with iridescence. The patina gives it almost a metallic appearance. Antique Pastes, Case XXX. Vermeule: Glass paste: Green. Cameo with traces of gilting. (Unmounted) Grotesque head with long nose facing slightly to right. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 3.6 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1227 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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