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29-128-1267
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1267 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Chimera? | Gryllos? |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A Chimera - an ostrich with a horse's head and legs. Antique Pastes, Case ZZZ. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating Sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) A bird-like gryllos creature with horse's head, horse's legs, bird's wings and plumed tail. Graeco-Roman Grylli. |
| Length | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1267 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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