Portrait Medallion (Phalera)
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Portrait Medallion (Phalera)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateFirst quarter of the first century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Max Thickness: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
MediumMold-pressed blue glass; cast in an open, one-piece mold; fire-polished; tooling marks on the underside.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1646
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Published ReferencesBoschung, Dietrich, "Römische Glasphalerae mit Porträtbüsten," Bonner Jahrbucher 187, 1987, no. 18, p. 241, Abb. 64.
- Glass
Ferrari, Gloria, "Felicior Augusto: portrait medallions in glass and the Ravenna relief," Opuscula Romana XVII: 4, 1989, pp. 35, 59, fig. 5, p. 37. pam file
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 676, p. 371.
Probably Late Helladic III, about the fourteenth to twelfth century BCE
Early first to fourth century CE
Third to first century BCE
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Third to first century BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Second half of 15th -- 14th century BCE
Probably first century BCE to first century CE
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