Object Number | 29-128-1147 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Neptune | Philosopher |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste, color lapis lazuli; cameo once gilded. Neptune. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass Paste. Cameo. Lapis Lazuli color with traces of gilding surviving. Head of an elderly bearded Greek, probably a philosopher, facing to right. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 3.1 cm |
Width | 2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1147 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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