Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
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Paris

Alternative Title
  • The Portland Vase Disc
Creator Display
  • unknown Ancient Roman (artist)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 0001/0025
Description
  • A disc in translucent blue and opaque white cameo glass. The disc has been cut down from a larger composition. The decoration, in white, shows the upper part of a young man in profile, gazing to the right; the forefinger of his right hand is raised towards the chin expressing doubt or consternation. --The British Museum
  • Tatton-Brown, Veronica A; Gudenrath, W; Roberts, Paul C; Whitehouse, D, Roman Cameo Glass, Vol. II, London, BMP, 2007; Tait, Hugh (editor), Five Thousand Years of Glass, London, BMP, 1991
View
  • Front
Temporal
  • ca. 1-25 CE
Coverage
  • Rome, Lazio, Italy (discovery)
  • Rome, Lazio, Italy (creation)
Keyword
  • Helen and Paris
  • Trojan Myth, Priorto, Iliad
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • glass | cast; carved
Measurements
  • Diameter: 12.2 cm
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_00156
Item Locator
  • Box 1, Section 8
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 1945,0927.2
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
Collections

APA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Paris Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693z00g

MLA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Paris" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693z00g

Chicago

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Paris" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693z00g

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693z00g | title= Paris |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-20 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 unknown http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/unknown
2 Lowenstam, Steven http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82014350
3 plaques (flat objects) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300010262
4 Roman (ancient Italian culture or period) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020533
5 Imperial (Roman) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020541
6 British Museum http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500125180
7 Steven Lowenstam Collection http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/StevenLowenstamCollection
8 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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