Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History



  • Cameo fragment, 1st century b.c.–mid-1st century a.d.; Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian
    Roman
    Glass; cast in two layers or blown and cased, then carved

    Overall 1 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (4.1 x 6 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1911 (11.91.5a)

    Cameo glass was extremely popular with the Roman aristocracy and included some of the finest examples of ancient glassware. Specialized skills were required to produce cast slabs or blown vessels of layered glass, and to these were added delicate carving of the layers to create artistic representations of the highest quality.

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    Cameo fragment, 1st century b.c.–mid-1st century a.d.; Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian
    Roman
    Glass; cast in two layers or blown and cased, then carved

    Overall 1 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (4.1 x 6 cm)
    Rogers Fund, 1911 (11.91.5a)


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