Fragment of cameo glass
Fragment of cameo glass
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Dimensions1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.
MediumMotif of two or three conjoined grotesque heads, cut in opaque white glass on background of translucent clair de lune blue.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1587
Not on View
DescriptionFlat plaque fragment depicting a triangular composition of three joined faces. One face appears bald, bearded, and satyr-like; the second is a youthful, beardless figure with pointed ears; the third is an elephant-like head with a large incised eye and trunk. All are rendered in low relief cameo technique.
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
probably 1st-2nd Century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Possibly early Imperial Period
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes
about 520 BCE
Third century
Probably early third century
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