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Source Description
This intaglio depicts a figure driving a biga (two-horse chariot) in profile to the left. The piece is mounted in a Byzantine ring, Walters 57.1581.
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Document identity
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24395
label
Intaglio with a Chariot Set in a Ring
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title
Intaglio with a Chariot Set in a Ring
description
This intaglio depicts a figure driving a biga (two-horse chariot) in profile to the left. The piece is mounted in a Byzantine ring, Walters 57.1581.
provenance
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.
date
2nd century (Roman Imperial)
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en
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Overall: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
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none
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