Glass cameo cup fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and cut, Overall: 3 7/16 x 3 1/16 in. (8.8 x 7.8 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue with overlay in opaque white., Outsplayed rim with upturned, rounded outer lip; cylindrical body with concave curving side., On interior, horizontal raised line around inner edge of rim; on exterior, in relief in white part of a scene with two figures and goats in rural setting: at left, a vase on a square pedestal beside a naked figure, perhaps Dionysus, with drapery covering proper right leg and proper left arm at side holding a jug, standing on a raised platform; in front, a horned nanny goat, facing right, with back legs on platform but front legs on lower rocky foreground, and a kid, facing left, suckling from below with front legs resting on platform; in front of nanny goat, a low bush with long leafy sprays, from which she may be grazing; behind goats, a slender, wavy tree with leafy branches; at right, a naked satyr with cloak draped over his proper left shoulder, stands in three-quarter view to right but head turned back to left, holding in extended proper right hand an upright flaming torch; to his right, part of a thrysus, which he may be holding in his proper left hand
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Glass cameo cup fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan, Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st .D, Roman, Glass, cast, cut, Overall, 3 7/16 x 3 1/16, 8.8 7.8 cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, overlay, opaque white, Outsplayed rim, upturned, rounded outer, lip, cylindrical body, concave curving, side, interior, horizontal raised, line, inner edge, rim, exterior, relief, white part, scene, two figures, goats, rural setting, left, vase, square pedestal, beside, naked, figure, perhaps Dionysus, drapery covering, proper, right, leg, proper left, arm, side holding, jug, standing, raised platform, front, horned nanny, goat, facing right, back legs, platform, front, lower rocky, foreground, kid, suckling, resting, nanny goat, low bush, long leafy, sprays, grazing, slender, wavy tree, leafy branches, naked satyr, cloak draped, shoulder, stands, three-quarter view, head turned, back, holding, extended proper, hand, upright flaming, torch, part, thrysus
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