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29-128-1227

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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