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Cameo glass cup fragment
Cameo glass cup fragment
Artist : Anonymous


Date : Ist century B.C.

Material : Cameo
Acquisition : Gift of Henry G. Marquand (1881)
Empereurs romains
Item 7 on 102
Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
Dishes (Verre)

Vitrine : V01

Area related
Empire romain



Description   

Roman decorative arts include subjects that are of an explicit sexual nature. Scenes of lovemaking appear on wall paintings, silver and pottery, terracotta lamps and on a cameo glass cup or a mold-pressed glass bowl.
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