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29-128-1157

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1157
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Gorgon | Silenus | Mask
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo, color lapis lazuli, white and topaz. A curious Gorgon Mask, with faun's ears. Antique Pastes, Case UUU.

Vermeule: Paste, color Lapis Lazuli, white and Topaz. Cameo. Satyr mask facing, with faun ears visible below the gorgon-like hair. Graeco-Roman.

Length 3.1 cm
Width 3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1157 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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