Cameo-glass cup fragment, Early Imperial, end of 1st century B.C–beginning of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and cut, Other: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue with overlay in opaque white. Vertical rim with top edge ground flat; narrow sloping collar below rim on exterior; cylindrical body with slightly convex curving side. On interior, two deep horizontal grooves below rim; on exterior, below plain collar in relief naked male figure in white, facing right, with proper left leg raised and proper right arm also raised with hand near mouth; above his head to right is a hanging leaf; behind him to left is a squared plinth on which stands a small herm of Silenus, naked, armless, and ithyphallic, in profile to right, flanked to either side by leafy sprays
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Cameo-glass cup fragment, Early Imperial, 1st century B.C, .D, Roman, Glass, cast, cut, 1 3/4, 4.4 cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, overlay, opaque white, Vertical rim, top edge, ground, flat, narrow sloping, collar, rim, exterior, cylindrical body, slightly convex, curving, side, interior, two deep, horizontal, grooves, plain collar, relief naked, male, figure, white, facing right, proper left, leg, raised, arm, hand, mouth, head, right, hanging leaf, left, squared plinth, stands, small herm, Silenus, naked, armless, ithyphallic, profile, flanked, leafy sprays
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