Glass cameo fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and cut, H.: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Glass, Translucent deep honey brown with opaque turquoise green overlay., Flat underside; top surface with shallow relief decoration., In relief in green, naked youthful satyr, facing right with head in profile, torso and legs in three-quarter view, and proper right arm raised behind him; torso rendered with musculature in fine detail; on his head, above his pointed proper right ear, is what appears to be a leaf or wing, picked out by differential weathering
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Glass cameo fragment, Early Imperial, Augustan, Julio-Claudian, late 1st century B.C.–mid-1st .D, Roman, Glass, cast, cut, H, 2 1/4, 5.7 cm, Translucent deep, honey, brown, opaque turquoise, green, overlay, Flat underside, top surface, shallow relief, decoration, relief, naked youthful, satyr, facing right, head, profile, torso, legs, three-quarter view, proper, arm, raised, torso rendered, musculature, fine detail, pointed proper, right, ear, leaf, wing, picked out, differential weathering
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