Medallion Cameo Glass
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Medallion Cameo Glass
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsL: 1 5/8 in. (4.0 cm); W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
MediumCameo glass; cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1502
Not on View
DescriptionThis small cameo medallion is made of layered cameo glass. The head of Isis is carved in opaque white glass with her hair cut from the semi-translucent brownish layer, all set against a background of manganese-purple glass. The figure is shown in profile facing right, wearing the emblem of Isis on top of her head.
about 150 CE
19th century?
26th Dynasty (664–525 BCE), about 650 BCE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Roman or 19th century?
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century CE
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
about 15 BCE - 25 CE (Roman, Augustan)
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