Cameo glass fragment

Unknown

1st half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue with opaque white overlay. Flat underside; top surface with shallow relief decoration. In relief in white, head and upper torso of a naked youthful satyr, facing left with head in profile and back in three-quarter view, and proper right left dropped before him and head slightly raised; he appears to be lifting a large circular object, part of which survives in front of him to the left. Broken on all sides; dulling, slight pitting, patches of creamy weathering and iridescence. The fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926