Glass cameo fragment

1st half of 1st century CE

Not on view

Translucent cobalt blue and opaque light blue.
Flat plaque or inlay, decorated with an upper layer carved out in relief; smooth, flat back.
On cobalt blue ground, a fish in profile facing left, with fins, scales, gills, eye, mouth carved as shallow cuts in surface of the upper opaque light blue layer; above fish, bottom edge of a second relief, perhaps another fish.
Bottom straight edge, irregular breaks on sides and top; broken into two fragments and repaired; very few bubbles; dulling, limy weathering, and faint iridescence.

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Title: Glass cameo fragment
Period: Early Imperial
Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast in two layers and cut
Dimensions: 13/16 × 2 1/8 × 1/8 in. (2 × 5.4 × 0.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.893
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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