Cameo glass medallion
Cameo glass medallion
Place of OriginAncient Rome
DateEarly Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
DimensionsDiam: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm)
MediumMonochrome glass; mold-pressed and cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1514
Not on View
DescriptionHead made with deep cutting in opaque light blue glass. Circular.
Round, convex medallion in pale blue opaque glass, with drilled hole above and below molded theater mask design. Mask fills entire medallion, with broad face, large eyes with incised pupils and lids, furrowed raised brow, and incised open mouth. Worried expression. Hari carefully treated, with striated leonine tresses sporting a fillet of hairline, and an interwoven grape leaf/grape cluster wreath across the temples. Ribbon falls back behind mask on either side.
1st century - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
20th Century
Late 19th century
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
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