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Fragment of cameo glass
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Fragment of cameo glass

Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Dimensions7/8 x 1 3/8 in.
MediumMotif of two or three conjoined heads cut in white opaque glass on background of translucent clair de lune blue glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1588
Not on View
DescriptionSmall flat fragment from a plaque or vessel, carved in low relief. The design consists of two conjoined male heads shown back to back. One head has an elderly, snarling expression, wears a fillet, and has a ram’s horn emerging from the hair. The second head is youthful, with short hair under a laurel wreath, a beaked nose, and a beard stylized as a dolphin.

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