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Object Name2 Cameo Glass Fragments
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Italy
TechniqueBlown, cased, carved (cameo technique), engraved
Size(a) H: 4.7 cm, W: 3.8 cm; (b) H: 2.8 cm, W: 2.8 cm
Accession Number74.1.74
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical Description(a) Translucent dark blue, with opaque white glasses; blown, cased, cut and engraved. Four-sided fragment; probably from upper part of cup, D: 10-12 cm, with translucent blue glass wall up to 0.4 cm thick. Opaque white glass overlay cut and engraved with trunk and branch of tree with two disproportionately large palmate, vine-like leaves. Knotted to trunk of tree, immediately below branch, curtain, presumably attached at other end to second upright element, such as tree or column; (b) translucent deep blue glass with opaque white casing; blown; cased; carved (cameo technique); lathe-cut. Fragment from cup, immediately below rim; wall curves outward below rim, then downward and inward. Decorated on outside with head of putto or young satyr facing half left; to the left, hanging drapery (?). On interior, immediately below rim, one lathe-cut groove.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12
