Portrait of a Man and Woman from the bottom of a drinking vessel

Published/Created:
230
Date Depicted:
1975
8000 BC - 499 AD
Materials:
gold glass
Notes:
The hairstyle of the woman is severe and plain. The man has a mustache without a beard.
Abstract:
In a break from Roman styles, Early Christian women dress the hair simply. Older women part hair and pull it into a bun. For unmarried girls hair is long and loose. Diadems and circlets are small. The bowl cut remains the basic hairstyle for men. Beards and mustaches reappear for the first time since the classical period in Greece.
Topics:
Costume -- Rome -- History -- (LC)
Glass -- Roman -- 3rd century -- (YVRC)
Culture:
Early Christian
Accession Number:
4388-158
Genre:
containers: drinking vessels (AAT)
costume (mode of fashion): clothing (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
Source Title:
History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 1
Source Created:
New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975
Call Number:
GT513 +B87 1 (LC)
Orbis Barcode:
39002051938497
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
Vatican City: Musei Vaticani
OID:
10542854
PID:
digcoll:1805341