Glass cameo cup (scyphus) fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue with opaque white overlay. Body fragment of large cup with lower projecting part of applied handle. On exterior, below handle frontal head of satyr, with hair in tufts above forehead and to sides with proper left pointed ear, prominent eyebrows, broad flat nose, and pursed lips; to right of handle, panpipes suspended from leafy foliage. Broken with weathered edges; pitting of surface bubbles, dulling, and patches of creamy iridescent weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911