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29-128-1263

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1263
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Helios | Apollo | Sun Chariot
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color white figures on pale ruby fond. Apollo Guiding the Chariot of the Sun. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sardonyx. White on pale red. Cameo. (Unmounted) The scene is much deteriorated but it appears to show Helios guiding the chariot of the sun. Graeco-Roman

Length 2.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1263 - Sommerville Number

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