Intaglio with an Ouroboros and Three Ring Signs
This oval intaglio depicts an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail) enclosing two lines of text above and below three magical characters (in this case, ring-signs). The reverse is plain.
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12824
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.875_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.875_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.875_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.875 |
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