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Source Description
The plaque is a section of a frieze showing a procession. At the right is a dancing satyr carrying a basket, followed by a maenad with a staff. The upper border is carved with bead-and-reel decoration. The sides are squared, and the right lower corner is broken.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21667
label
Procession
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21667
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Procession
description
The plaque is a section of a frieze showing a procession. At the right is a dancing satyr carrying a basket, followed by a maenad with a staff. The upper border is carved with bead-and-reel decoration. The sides are squared, and the right lower corner is broken.
provenance
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
5th-6th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.5
height
7.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 9/16 x W: 3 in. (6.5 x 7.6 cm)
Source extras
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8ddbdd00eb2bbec3