The ring is thought to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello, who passed away at age of 18. Found at the Grottaferrata necropolis close to Rome.

    • Flying Squid
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      116 months ago

      Holograms require lasers, don’t they? So I would say the latter.

    • brianorca
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      116 months ago

      A miniature, but the relief would be exaggerated by the curvature of the glass, so the image looks deeper than it actually is.

    • @[email protected]
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      76 months ago

      I can’t be sure, but this appears to be the Hollow-Face optical illusion. It would be achievable with this technology as well

      • @[email protected]
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        66 months ago

        Hollow face illusion produces a face that appears to follow the observer. This just looks like a sculpt under glass.

      • @mindbleach
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        16 months ago

        That’s kinda what I assume, in practice - a negative relief carved into the back of amber or what have you.

    • @[email protected]
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      66 months ago

      My guess would be a painting under the rounded glass piece to make the painting move slightly through the curvature of the glass. But I’m just some guy.