Object Number | 29-128-1150 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Graeco-Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Paste |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Medusa |
Description | Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Medusa. Extraordinary iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case TTT. Vermeule: Glass paste, Reddish color. Cameo. (Unmounted) Gorgon mask facing 3/4 to right, features those of the Hellenistic-Baroque type such as found on the breast plates of the statues of Marcus Aurelius in Alexandria and in Bobiol: Gardens in Florence. Graeco-Roman. |
Length | 1.3 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 1150 - Sommerville Gem Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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