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Source Description
This intaglio depicts Neptune driving a biga drawn by two hippocamps over the water.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
31555
label
Intaglio with Neptune Driving Two Hippocamps Set in a Ring
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
31555
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Intaglio with Neptune Driving Two Hippocamps Set in a Ring
description
This intaglio depicts Neptune driving a biga drawn by two hippocamps over the water.
provenance
Sir Edgar Boehm, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 91; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
27 BCE-14 CE (Early Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
intaglios (sculptural objects)
finger rings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.2
height
1.5
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
intaglio with gold setting: 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (1.18 x 1.45 x 0.36 cm);ring: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
cul
Roman
med
carnelian; mount: gold
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6191
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
3214
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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17959ce8872841c9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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79a602c52e3c6465
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no
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no