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29-128-1198

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Object Number 29-128-1198
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Graeco-Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 50 BCE-400 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Paste
Technique Cameo
Iconography Cupid | Eros
Description

Sommerville: Antique paste cameo. Cupid seeking water to quench a flame. Antique Pastes, Case VVV.

Vermeule: Paste, white on sapphire. Cameo. (Unmounted) (patinated) Eros walking right, carrying club, lion's skin and skyphos, the attributes of Herakles. This composition was a popular one and occurs in other media.

Height 2 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Depth 0.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1198 - Sommerville Number | GL01b (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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