Object Number | 29-128-1261 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Infant | Cupid | Zeus | Goat | Amalthea |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color ruby. Cupid on a goat. Antique Pastes, Case YYY. Vermeule: Glass paste ringstone, imitating Hyacinth. Cameo. (Unmounted) Infant Zeus riding the goat Amalthea. A flaw in the surface leads Sommerville to interpret the figure as a winged Eros. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1261 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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