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Cameo with head of Augustus
Roman
Imperial Period
1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Length: 32 mm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Petro Hanazoglou
Accession Number63.1554
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Cameos
DescriptionBust of Augustus (27 B.C. to A.D. 14) to right, wearing laurel wreath. (The glass imitates sardonyx: white for the portrait; green for the wreath; and blue for the background.)
ProvenanceSaid to come from Istanbul according to MFA archival card; by date unknown: with Petro Hanazoglou; gift of Petro Hanazoglou to MFA, October 17, 1963