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Vessel Handle Attachment

29-128-1186

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1186
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 100-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Lion Head
Description

Sommerville: Antique iridscent glass. A Lion's head. Second century; observe the beautiful color. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Glass. Cameo. (Unmounted) Lion head slightly to left. Graeco-Roman, glass vessel handle Attachment.

Length 2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1186 - Sommerville Number

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