Gem
29-128-1212
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1212 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Graeco-Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass Paste |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Bull |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique paste intaglio. A bull. Rich iridescence. Antique Pastes, Case WWW. Vermeule: Glass paste, imitating lapis. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Cow walking to right. Perhaps copied from Myron's famous statue as seen on gold and silver coins of Vespasian (A.D. 69-79). Graeco-Roman. |
| Length | 0.9 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1212 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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