Currently not on view
Appliqué relief,
2nd–4th century CE
Roman Imperial to Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
1995-222
Information
Title
Appliqué relief
Dates
2nd–4th century CE
Medium
Translucent dark green glass
Dimensions
max. diam. 3.7 cm, th. 1.9 cm (1 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger in memory of Edward Naumburg Jr., Class of 1924
Object Number
1995-222
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Description
Circular appliqué medallion with a moldmade theatrical mask probably comic, in high relief. The male mask is beardless and features a straighthaired wig. A small part of the adjoining vessel’s wall is preserved.
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Formerly in the collection of Edward S. Naumburg, Jr. '24; given to the Museum in 1995 by Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1995," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 36-74., p. 47, p. 49 (illus.)
- Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 504 (illus.)
