CIRCA SECOND HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN CAMEO GLASS FRAGMENT OF A PHARAOH
CIRCA SECOND HALF OF 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner, 1980.

Literature

C. Weiss and U. Schüssler, "Kameoglasfragmente im Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität Würzburg und im Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam," in Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, vol. 115, Berlin, 2000, p. 229, no. 5, fig. 29a.

Lot Essay

For a bottle also depicting a Pharaoh, see no. 4, p. 23 in S.M. Goldstein et al., eds., Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking. The cobalt blue and shape of this fragment, particularly the white border above the Pharaoh's head, are reminiscent of the "Morgan Cup" (see no. 35, pp. 80-82 in D.B. Harden, Glass of the Caesars.)

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