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Source Description

The figure is carved in intaglio and was inlaid with colored wax, now missing. As the indented border at the left shows, it was the inlay of a box or piece of furniture.

Scholar Source Context

Document identity
localId
19274
label
Woman with Raised Hand
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19274
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Woman with Raised Hand
description
The figure is carved in intaglio and was inlaid with colored wax, now missing. As the indented border at the left shows, it was the inlay of a box or piece of furniture.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-5th century
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.1
height
4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 9/16 x W: 1 9/16 in. (9.1 x 4 cm)
Source extras
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
2718
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
600a6e6b3a4f918b