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Source Description
This plaque is carved in intaglio to receive wax inlay of red and dark green. Originally squared for inlay on a box or piece of furniture, it is broken at the top and left sides, and chipped at the lower right corner.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5030
label
Putto
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
5030
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Putto
description
This plaque is carved in intaglio to receive wax inlay of red and dark green. Originally squared for inlay on a box or piece of furniture, it is broken at the top and left sides, and chipped at the lower right corner.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.2
height
5.4
dimensionsRaw
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (8.2 x 5.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Late Antique
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
246
2752
3009
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
49c4303778c67a10