Cameo Glass Fragment in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Title: Cameo-glass fragment

Medium; Technique: Glass paste; cast and cut

Culture: Roman

Period: Early Imperial

Date: end of 1st century B.C–beginning of 1st century A.D.

Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (4.8 x 4.1 cm)

Classification: Glass

Credit Line: Purchase, 1910

Accession Number: 10.132.3


Description:

This fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel. It is decorated with a finely carved head in opaque white on a background of deep purple glass.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...