RX006
Roman blue cut glass bust of Serapis
2nd century AD.
Height: 2.45 cm. (1 in.)
Condition: Missing modius, otherwise perfect.
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Serapis, a syncretistic god of Egyptian origin, combining Greek and Egyptian gods - mainly Zeus and Osiris. The god is wearing a chiton with the himation over the left shoulder. The bearded head with long curly hair, parted in the center.
The bust is of the type of the cult statue of Serapis in the Serapion at Alexandria, created for Ptolomey II by Bryaxis the Younger c.286-278 BC.
The bust is modeled with fine details cut in the glass. Small sculpture in glass is extremely rare and important, especially in blue glass.
Cf. Harden, D. B., - Caesars 1987,, Cat. Nos 1-4, pp. 21-24 (for glass small sculpture.)
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., 1967, Cat. No.271, p. 278 (bronze bust.)
Harden, D. B., - Caesars 1987
Harden, D. B., Glass of the Caesars, Exh. cat., organized by: The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N. Y., The British Museum, London, Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne; Olivetti, Milan, 1987
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., 1967
Mitten, D. G., and Doeringer, S. F., editors, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1967
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