Glass cameo plaque fragment

Unknown

end of 1st century BCE–beginning of 1st century CE · Glass paste · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep purple with opaque white overlay. Flat underside; top surface with shallow relief decoration. In relief in white, head of figure turned to right in three-quarter view, with wavy hair. Broken on all sides with weathered edges; dulling, slight pitting, patches of weathering and brilliant iridescence. The fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel. This fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel. It is decorated with a finely carved head in opaque white on a background of deep purple glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

end of 1st century BCE–beginning of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass paste

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, 1910