Roman Glass Cameo with Female Bust

1ST CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (1.82 grams, 18.58 mm).

Ellipsoid black glass plaque with profile female bust, hair dressed in a chignon.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00011371.

CONDITION

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