Lot Essay
For the identification of the mask as Medusa see p. 411 in Stern and Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection.
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GLASS CAMEO
circa 1st century a.d.
Cast in white on a dark purple ground, depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, the god nude, reclining on his mantle which drapes beneath him and over his right leg, grasping Ariadne's right arm, who approaches from the left, her left arm above the god's head, holding the edge of his mantle, wearing a sakkos and a mantle draped around her legs, a standing Bachante looking on from the right, a groundline below, a tree between them
1.7/8 in. (4.8 cm) wide
circa 1st century a.d.
Cast in white on a dark purple ground, depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, the god nude, reclining on his mantle which drapes beneath him and over his right leg, grasping Ariadne's right arm, who approaches from the left, her left arm above the god's head, holding the edge of his mantle, wearing a sakkos and a mantle draped around her legs, a standing Bachante looking on from the right, a groundline below, a tree between them
1.7/8 in. (4.8 cm) wide
Provenance
Sarti Collection
Literature
Pollak, Catalogo della Collezione Sarti, no. 552, pl. 29.
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 192, pl. XXXIV.
Sangiorgi, "Nuovi acquisti" in Rom. Mitt., 48, 1933, p. 290, pl. 49-4.
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 192, pl. XXXIV.
Sangiorgi, "Nuovi acquisti" in Rom. Mitt., 48, 1933, p. 290, pl. 49-4.