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Source Description
The plaque shows a seated figure holding a basket of fruit and a staff. His drapery appears to be animal skin and falls to the ground at the right. The panel has suffered from burial and is desiccated and chipped on the surface, including half of the figure's face. It is broken at the left and upper right corners.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19709
label
Seated Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19709
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Seated Figure
description
The plaque shows a seated figure holding a basket of fruit and a staff. His drapery appears to be animal skin and falls to the ground at the right. The panel has suffered from burial and is desiccated and chipped on the surface, including half of the figure's face. It is broken at the left and upper right corners.
provenance
Joachim Ferroni, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joachim Ferroni Sale, April 14, 1909, lot 663; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.6
height
8.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 5/16 in. (9.6 x 8.4 cm)
Source extras
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ce797b07ebf6069a