Fragment of cameo glass

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Dateprobably 1st-2nd Century

DimensionsW: 2 5/8 in.

MediumTwo heads and part of vase remaining of pattern cut in opaque light blue glass on background of translucent cobalt blue glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1686

Not on View

Published ReferencesSturgis, Russell, “The Coleman Collection of Antique Glass,” The Century Magazine, vol. 48, 1894, p. 556, fig. 11.

1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

Possibly early Imperial Period

1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)

1st century CE

1st century CE

1st century BCE - 4th century CE

1st century BCE - 3rd century CE

1st century BCE - 4th century CE

1st century CE

Early first to 4th century CE

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