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Cameo Vase Fragment
Roman
Imperial Period
1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass; cameo technique
Dimensions
3.8 x 3.75 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8236
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 25.
DescriptionDark blue background. In opaque white, the upper part of a female figure extending a wine-cup upward to the right, where the hand of another figure reaches for the cup. In the background, a tree.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901