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Source Description
This intaglio has a dancing satyr with an animal skin over his right arm and a thyrsos in his right hand.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35420
label
Intaglio with a Dancing Satyr Set in a Ring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35420
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Intaglio with a Dancing Satyr Set in a Ring
description
This intaglio has a dancing satyr with an animal skin over his right arm and a thyrsos in his right hand.
provenance
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 51 [as from Trebisond (Trabzon, Turkey)]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd-1st century BCE (Hellenistic (?))
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
intaglios (sculptural objects)
finger rings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.9
height
1.7
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
intaglio with gold setting: 3/4 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (1.89 x 1.65 x 0.44 cm);ring: 7/8 in. (2.27 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
med
carnelian; mount: gold
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
GRC
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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