Intaglio with a Circus and Chariot Race

2nd-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)

1.5 cm 1.1 cm 0.3 cm

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This intaglio depicts a chariot race held at a circus. Four quadrigae (four-horse chariots) are shown in profile to the right with the spina (the barrier in the middle of the circus) shown in the background.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
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