Cameo Glass
Cameo Glass
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-impressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1636
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque white and amber brown glass, partly coated with opaque white glass.
Head of a man without a beard, seen in profile turned to the right, impressed into the glass.
19th century
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
about 20-50 CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century CE
late 9th-10th century CE
Early Imperial period
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century CE
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