CIRCA 2ND HALF OF 1ST CENTURY B.C.- EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN CAMEO GLASS FRAGMENT WITH VENUS AND HELEN
CIRCA 2ND HALF OF 1ST CENTURY B.C.- EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
33 mm. high

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner prior to 2000.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
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,115, 2000, pp. 199-251, pl. 28a-b.

The scene depicts Veus preparing Helen for her first and fateful meeting with Paris. For a complete example of a slightly different composition of the same scene see Beazley gem database no. 104 and W. Oberleitner, Geschnittene Steine., Die Prunkkameen der Wiener Antikensammlung, Berlin, 1985, p. 68, fig. 55.

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