intaglio
- Museum number
- 1814,0704.2670
- Description
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Oval blue glass paste intaglio: two erotes in a ship with a sail, one leaning over to pull a third from the water, and a fourth climbing onto the ship.
- Production date
- late 1stC BC-1stC
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.05 centimetres
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Width: 1.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Cf. a nicolo intaglio in Munich: Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen I-2, p. 103, no. 1185, pl. 126.
- Location
- On display (G1/fc7/Townley cab2/dr8)
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1814,0704.2670