Cameo-glass cup fragment, end of 1st century –beginning of 1st century
Cameo-glass cup fragment, Early Imperial, end of 1st century –beginning of 1st century , Roman, Glass; cast and cut, Other: 1 3/4 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue with overlay in opaque white. Vertical rim with top edge ground flat; narrow sloping collar below rim on exterior; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving side. On interior, two deep horizontal grooves below rim; on exterior, below plain collar in relief naked male figure in white, facing right, with proper left leg raised and proper right arm also raised with hand near mouth; above his head to right is a hanging leaf; behind him to left is a squared plinth on which stands a small herm of Silenus, naked, armless, and ithyphallic, in profile to right, flanked to either side by leafy sprays
Size: 3900px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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