Lot Essay
The use of dark purple rather than blue is unusual in the Roman cameo glass repertoire.
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN CAMEO GLASS FRAGMENT
circa 1st century a.d.
From a panel or a plate, with opaque white on dark purple, preserving the fore-part of a lion emerging from a calyx at the end of a curving tendril, a thicker tendril below with foliate terminal, a section of a wing or foliate element to the left, with plain bands above and below
4 in. (10.8 cm) long
circa 1st century a.d.
From a panel or a plate, with opaque white on dark purple, preserving the fore-part of a lion emerging from a calyx at the end of a curving tendril, a thicker tendril below with foliate terminal, a section of a wing or foliate element to the left, with plain bands above and below
4 in. (10.8 cm) long
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 166, pl XXXIII.