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Object Name: 
Disk
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Date: 
1-399
Color
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red
Technique
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pressing
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
overall H: 1.2 cm, W: 1.1 cm, Th: .4 cm
Accession Number: 
52.1.4
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Disk. Opaque red; stamped or pressed. Disk roughly circular, with, on one side, head of Medusa in low relief. Medusa is shown frontally, with wings growing from the sides of her head and with long hair. Other side of disk is plain.
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC, Former Collection

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Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Three (2003) illustrated, p. 27, #908; BIB# 58895

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