Glass cameo cup fragment with incuse decoration end of 1st century –beginning of 1st century Roman Translucent deep cobalt blue with overlays in opaque white, opaque blue green, and translucent cobalt , tapering rim with everted horizontal projection, probably part of a handle attachment; thick-walled convex curving interior, horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, incuse decoration depicting a male standing figure at left, facing right with his proper left arm bent up across his chest; he wears an Egyptian-style kilt (shendyt) and possibly a cap; to right, a ind
Glass cameo cup fragment with incuse decoration end of 1st century –beginning of 1st century Roman Translucent deep cobalt blue with overlays in opaque white, opaque blue green, and translucent cobalt , tapering rim with everted horizontal projection, probably part of a handle attachment; thick-walled convex curving interior, horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, incuse decoration depicting a male standing figure at left, facing right with his proper left arm bent up across his chest; he wears an Egyptian-style kilt (shendyt) and possibly a cap; to right, a indeterminate object, perhaps a decorated shield, is shown at an oblique fragment with worn and weathered edges, broken at sides and bottom; dulling, pitting, and faint small fragment with indistinct figural design is of considerable interest and importance because it belongs to a very small group of ancient cameo glass objects that were made with multiple layers of different colored glass. In this case, on the dark blue body of the cup are layers in white, green, white, and lighter blue. In addition, the decoration, instead of being in relief, has been formed by cutting away the different layers like an Glass cameo cup fragment with incuse decoration. Roman. end of 1st century –beginning of 1st century Glass; cast and cut. Early Imperial. Glass
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