Lot Essay
For other cast glass sculptures, see no. 1-8 in Harden, Glass of the Caesars, Corning Museum of Glass, (exhibition catalogue), Corning, NY, 1987
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A ROMAN GLASS FEMALE HEAD
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Solid cast of translucent colorless glass with greenish-brown enamel like weathered surface, the hair pulled back into a chignon at the back, a rounded "cushion" above--1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Solid cast of translucent colorless glass with greenish-brown enamel like weathered surface, the hair pulled back into a chignon at the back, a rounded "cushion" above--1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high