appliqué
Object NameApplique
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire; perhaps Germany
Techniqueapplied, stamped
SizeOverall H: 3.3 cm, W: 3.2 cm, Th (max): 1.7 cm
Accession Number95.1.26
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale yellowish green glass; applied to wall of vessel, stamped. Appliqué: roughly circular, attached to wall of vessel. Decorated in high relief with female head seen frontally. She has deep-set eyes, snub nose, and pointed chin; her lips are parted. She has distinctive hairstyle or wig bound with fillet; hair is parted at center and brushed sideways to fillet, with two curls on each side of parting, immediately above fillet; below fillet, hair is brushed horizontally, ending in curls just below level of ears (which it covers).Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
