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uncleclaudius · 7 months
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The cameo of a Roman man, most often identified as Drusus the Elder (alternatively sometimes identified as Tiberius or Germanicus). The sign at the bottom is the carver's name: Herophilos, son of Dioscourides.
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~ Glass cameo of Herophilus.
Culture: Roman
Period: Early Imperial Period
Date: ca. A.D. 20
Medium: Glass paste, turquoise blue. Modern setting: gold ring.
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theantonian · 5 months
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Hellenistic period sardonyx cameo portrait of Mark Antony as Alexander the Great. H. 3.7cm. W. 3.5cm.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médaille et antiques, Paris.
Photograph: Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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ancientcharm · 7 months
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Roman cameo-glass vase (side A) 5-25 AD.
(H. 24 cm (9 ¼ in.), Diam. 17.7 cm (6 ¾ in.)
British Museum. Upper floor, room 70: Roman Empire
Photograph: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
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didoofcarthage · 1 year
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Sardonyx cameo with Cupid crowning Venus, in a gold mount with an openwork enamel frame
Roman, 1st century B.C. (cameo); French, c. 1660 (frame)
Royal Collection Trust
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blueiskewl · 1 year
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Blacas Cameo of the Roman Emperor Augustus c. 14 CE
Made from a brown and white three-layered sardonyx, he wears the aegis of Minerva and a sword-belt.
🏛️@britishmuseum
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lionofchaeronea · 1 year
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Cameo glass medallion depicting the Roman emperor Augustus. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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xviicprc · 2 years
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my art my art my art takes over! what joy!
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Roman brooch c. 2nd-3rd Century A.D., featuring a glass cameo carved with a sleeping dog set in a gold mount framed by a band of globular and granule applied decoration.
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uncleclaudius · 4 months
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Roman cameo of an eagle holding a civic crown.
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~ Cameo with centaur grasping a goat on his shoulder.
Culture/Period: Roman, Imperial Period
Date: late 1st century B.C.–mid A.D. 1st century
Medium: Sardonyx
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thesixthduke · 1 year
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ancientcharm · 1 month
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Roman cameo glass, 1st c AD, base of the Portland Vase. The British Museum, London.
Photography by Time Travel Rome.
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didoofcarthage · 1 year
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Cameo portrait of Emperor Claudius, in modern mount, perhaps cut after his triumph over Britain in A.D. 44
Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 43-45
sardonyx with glass backing
Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King Charles I when Prince of Wales)
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blueiskewl · 1 year
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A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS REIGN 41-54 A.D.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long.
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ancientrome · 1 year
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Gold ring with glass cameo in bezel. Roman, Cypriot 1st–2nd century CE. x
The gold ring features a bezel in cameo glass, carved to show a nude male figure in white glass against a blue background. It is a fine example of the beautiful effects that could be achieved by combining gold and glass.
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