Glass cameo
Glass cameo
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century BCE - 4th century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumMonochrome glass; mold-pressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1526
Not on View
DescriptionA boy pulling a bowl away from an animal. Right half missing. Circular shape.
Very delicate cutting in opaque light blue glass.
Molded blue oval dome disk with raised rim and part of figured scene in relief in the center. Surviving is a tunic-clad youth with short hair, a full face, and short chubby limbs, tugging at oval object while some adversary (man or animal) pulls on the other side.
3rd-4th century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
250-150 BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
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