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Historical Archive: Roman Gemstone Sculpture and Vessels A list of photographs not yet digitized appears after the thumbnails below. If you need an image that is not yet online, feel free to contact me and I will prioritize the requested object. fish pierced for suspension, rock crystal, BM Walters 3972 scallop shells pierced for suspension, rock crystal, BM 2-handled beaker, crystal, RGM V337 amphora, crystal, BM 1923/4.1/1195 Roman knucklebone, rock crystal, SMB AS 30219.711. For other views see Berlin. knucklebone, sard, BM 47./8-6. II5 96a Roman glass and rock crystal vessels, crystal cicada, ANAM Roman rock crystal cicada, oblique from head end, ANAM. For another view see ANAM. rock crystal armored torso and hips (fragmentary trophy?) on composite by Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page chalcedony eagle head on composite by Luigi Valadier 1785, Louvre MR 46, which has its own page paten, serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., metalwork mid to second half 9th c., Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. vessel in the form of a dried sea urchin, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891nn vessel in the form of a dried sea urchin, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891nn Roman rock crystal objects from a grave near Arezzo, 1st c. CE, Arezzo. This assemblage has its own page with images of individual objects. agate amphoriskos: Power of Love, Rome early-mid 1st c. CE, Hermitage ГP-12748 agate amphoriskos, oblique from below Empress, 2nd c., poss. Matidia (Augusta 112-19) or Sabina (Augusta fr. 119), aquamarine, Florence MA 14547 2nd-3rd c. magical inscription on an earlier crystal ball, MFAB 50.1315. This object has its own page. rock crystal fish, 4th-5th c., Louvre OA 9297 shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM shell pendant, rock crystal with silver, from a young girl's burial of c.300 CE, Gundelsheim, WLM crystal sphere from Årslev grave c.300, Copenhagen, National Museum 8572. This work has its own page. Other gemstone vessels and sculpture cicada, crystal, BM 1772.3-11.18 cicada, crystal, RGM 43,115 cicada, crystal, AS duck, crystal, Athens Benaki Museum fish, sard, BM 3973 fish, crystal, BM 3974 fish, crystal, Athens Benaki Museum fish, crystal, BM 47.8-6.117, Walters 3972 shell, crystal, AS 30891rr shell, crystal, Athens Benaki Museum turtle, crystal, Athens Benaki Museum icosahedron, crystal, 1st c., AS snail shell, jet with gold, Roman? RGM L607 narrow vase, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891pp squat vessel, crystal, 1st c., AS 30891oo