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29-128-1194

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Object Number 29-128-1194
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 mask. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Glass paste imitating a blue stone such as Lapis Lazuli. Cameo. (Unmounted) Design similar to 1271 and 1281, but undoubtedly from a different mold. Graeco-Roman.

Length 1.8 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1194 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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