Glass cameo cup fragment early 1st century Roman Translucent cobalt blue with overlays in opaque white and translucent dark rim with everted lip and beveled inner edge; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving interior, horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, in relief female figure in white, probably standing, facing left and holding up in front of her in both hands a large oval object, perhaps a drum or tambourine; her head is in profile with her hair in blue overlay arranged in a fringe and thick hanging tresses at back; on the left are the tips of two leaf
Glass cameo cup fragment early 1st century Roman Translucent cobalt blue with overlays in opaque white and translucent dark rim with everted lip and beveled inner edge; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving interior, horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, in relief female figure in white, probably standing, facing left and holding up in front of her in both hands a large oval object, perhaps a drum or tambourine; her head is in profile with her hair in blue overlay arranged in a fringe and thick hanging tresses at back; on the left are the tips of two leafy sprays or fragment with chip at left, broken at sides and bottom; dulling, slight pitting, whitish weathering on exterior, and faint grinding marks on Glass cameo cup fragment 249609
Size: 3893px × 2921px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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