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29-128-1187

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1187
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bacchante | Faun | Vine | Grapes
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A Bacchante, full face. Fine iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Head of a Faun facing, grapes and vine leaves in his hair. Graeco-Roman. Broken into 2 pieces.

Length 1.2 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1187 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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