Glass cameo fragment, Early Imperial, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast in two layers and cut, 13/16 × 2 1/8 × 1/8 in. (2 × 5.4 × 0.3 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue and opaque light blue., Flat plaque or inlay, decorated with an upper layer carved out in relief; smooth, flat back., On cobalt blue ground, a fish in profile facing left, with fins, scales, gills, eye, mouth carved as shallow cuts in surface of the upper opaque light blue layer; above fish, bottom edge of a second relief, perhaps another fish
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Glass cameo fragment, Early Imperial, 1st half, century .D, Roman, Glass, cast, two layers, cut, 13/16, 2 1/8, 1/8, 2, 5.4, 0.3 cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, opaque light, Flat plaque, inlay, decorated, upper layer, carved, out, relief, smooth, flat back, cobalt blue, ground, fish, profile facing, left, fins, scales, gills, eye, mouth carved, shallow cuts, surface, opaque, light, layer, bottom edge, second relief, perhaps another
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