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29-128-1209

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1209
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Graeco-Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Cameo
Iconography Aphrodite Anadyomene | Venus | Marine Shell
Description

Sommerville: Antique iridescent glass. Venus on a shell. Antique Pastes, Case WWW.

Vermeule: Paste, Iridescent glass. Cameo. (Unmounted) Aphrodite Anadyomene, half draped and with her long tresses in her hands, represented as standing looking to right, on a large scalloped shell. Graeco-Roman.

Length 2.3 cm
Width 2.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1209 - Sommerville Number

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