File:Cameo - glass paste - 3.jpg

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Cameo of glass paste imitating sardonyx, engraved with Hermaphrodite (?) reclining on a couch; an Eros stands behind. Production date: 1st Century

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English: Cameo of glass paste imitating sardonyx, engraved with Hermaphrodite (?) reclining on a couch; an Eros stands behind, holding up an object; a second sits at the head of the couch playing the cithara; a third sits on the foot of the couch playing pan-pipes; in the background is a tree.

Roman Imperial (early)

Production date: 1st Century

Materials: glass

Technique: engraved

Dimensions: Height: 2.30 centimetres

Length: 3.30 centimetres

Object Type: cameo

Museum number

1923,0401.986
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Source https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1923-0401-986
Author British Museum
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