Gem
29-128-1274
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1274 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Republican Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Aurora | Chariot |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. Aurora, her chariot drawn by four horses. Very minute and fine. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A charioteer driving a quadriga to right. The style is identical with that used for similar scenes on Roman Republican silver of c. 100 B.C. Roman-Republican |
| Length | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1274 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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