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Roman Mold Blown Glass Head Vase Traditionally identified as the Empress Livia (27BC - 14AD). Perhaps instead a posthumous portrait of Cleopatra VII (fl. 51 - 30BC) 1st - 2nd Centuries AD Height: 12.3 cm. (4 7/8 in.) ex: private European collection Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures II (New York, 2004) p.18 Comparanda: Stern, E. Marianne ; The Toledo Museum of Art. Roman Mold-Blown Glass, the First through Sixth Centuries (Toledo, 1995) no.138 Matheson, Susan B ; Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1980) no.138