Fragment of Cameo Glass with Attendant in Peplos
Fragment of Cameo Glass with Attendant in Peplos
Place of OriginItaly, likely Rome or Bay of Naples
Dateabout 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
DimensionsL: 1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm); W: 13/16 in. (1.8 cm)
MediumCameo glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1564
Not on View
DescriptionThis curved fragment of a cameo glass vessel preserves a semi-nude male figure shown frontally, moving right. The figure wears a kilt-like garment and holds a wide-brimmed hat, possibly a petasos, in his left hand. The decoration is carved in opaque white glass against a translucent cobalt blue background.
Label TextAcquired by Edward Drummond Libbey in 1919 from the family of Thomas Hulse Curtis. The Curtis collection was largely acquired in the 1890s from Charles Caryl Coleman, an American artist who resided first in Rome and later on the island of Capri. This collection history strongly suggests a findspot in or around Rome or the Bay of Naples.Published ReferencesVan Aerde, Marike E. J. J., “Concepts of Egypt in Augustan Rome: Two case studies of cameo glass from The British Museum,” British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan, vol. 20, 2013, pp. 1–23, n. 12.
Roberts, Paul, William Gudenrath, Veronica Tatton-Brown, and David Whitehouse, Roman Cameo Glass in the British Museum, London, British Museum Press, 2010, p. 58.
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
5th Dynasty (2498–2345 BCE)
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