Fragment of cameo glass
Fragment of cameo glass
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
DimensionsW: 2 in.
MediumCameo glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1550
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of a cameo glass plaque. The design, cut in opaque light blue glass on a translucent greenish ground, shows the lower half of a pudgy nude male figure straddling a stylized marine creature, likely a dolphin. The dolphin is depicted swimming to the right, with an arched dorsal fin, drilled eye, upturned beak, and smiling mouth. The edges of the fragment have been resmoothed. The surface is pitted on the front.
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
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