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29-128-1221

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1221
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Republican Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Apollo | Sun Chariot
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. Apollo guiding the chariot of the sun. Four horses. Very fine. Antique Pastes, Case XXX.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating pale Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Charioteer driving a quadriga to left. The horses lope forward in a spirited manner and their heads turn in differet directions. Roman Republican, the design having numismatic parallels.

Length 1 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1221 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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