Fragment of a Cameo Glass Vessel: Mask of a Tragic Actor
Fragment of a Cameo Glass Vessel: Mask of a Tragic Actor
Place of OriginProbably made in Italy, Rome
Dateabout 20-50 CE
DimensionsH: 3.5 cm ( 1 3/8 in.)
MediumBrown and white glass; cast and relief-cut; sheet gold
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1641
Not on View
DescriptionFemale tragic glass, seen in profile.
Opaque white glass on translucent amber brown glass .
Female tragic mask seen in profile. The face is deeply cut; cameo cut.
Published ReferencesSturgis, Russell, “The Coleman Collection of Antique Glass,” The Century Magazine, vol. 48, 1894, p. 557, fig. 17.
Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 32, repr. (col.) p. 33.
Early Imperial Period
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
19th century?
19th or 20th century
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
2nd century CE
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