Rim Fragment from a Cameo Glass Plate
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Rim Fragment from a Cameo Glass Plate
Place of OriginItaly, probably Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsL: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
MediumCameo glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1606
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DescriptionOpaque white decoration on translucent blue glass. Broad, flat rim fragment from a patera (shallow dish) featuring oak leaf fronds and curling tendrils encircling a stylized saw-tooth rosette. The rim is bordered in white along both sides. The decoration is executed in the cameo glass technique, in which a white overlay was selectively removed to reveal the blue ground, creating a high-relief effect.
This fragment is believed to belong to the same vessel as Acc. Nos. 1923.1590, 1923.1601, and 1923.1607, based on stylistic and technical similarities.
Label TextOpaque white decoration on translucent blue glass. Broad, flat rim fragment from a patera (shallow dish) featuring oak leaf fronds and curling tendrils encircling a stylized saw-tooth rosette. The rim is bordered in white along both sides. The decoration is executed in the cameo glass technique, in which a white overlay was selectively removed to reveal the blue ground, creating a high-relief effect. This fragment is believed to belong to the same vessel as Acc. Nos. 1923.1590, 1923.1601, and 1923.1607, based on stylistic and technical similarities.
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Late 18th or 19th Century (1400-1225 BCE)
Mid-1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Probably second half of the 1st century
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