Medallion with the Portrait of St. Kosmas
Medallion with the Portrait of St. Kosmas
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateLate 6th - early 7th century CE
DimensionsDiam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumGlass; cast(?), ground glass with paint (tempera?)
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1885
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryThe Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhbition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007- January 6, 2008 (no cat.).
- Glass
Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
Fourth century
Probably Sixth Century
Probably fifth or sixth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
3rd-4th century CE
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Probably first half of first century
Probably mid- to second half of first century
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
Mid- to late 4th century CE
Probably fifth century
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