ossess many fine specimensof glass cameos and vases in layers of various colours. The groundof these is usually formed by a vase of dark blue glass, upon whichis laid an opaque white layer ; this was afterwards carved after thefashion of a cameo. Such works are called by Martial (xiv. 94.… … The Portland vase. Mansell d: Co, 440 ART chap, vin adorned with mythological scenes drawn from the legend of Peleusand Thetis, whose courtship is depicted on the side reproduced(see PL LXXIX). This vase is usually said to have been foundin a sarcophagus of the early third century (now in the…
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