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29-128-1281

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1281
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 scenic mask. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ.

Vermeule: Antique glass, iridescent. Cameo. (Unmounted) A grotesque head facing in high relief. The features which have an oriental aspect remind one of the Hellenistic grotesque in bronze add terracotta; nose broken. Graeco-Roman

Length 2.3 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1281 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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