Intaglio with a Bull Set in a Ring

1st century BCE-1st century CE (Hellenistic-Roman Imperial) Overall: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm) Citation

A bull appears on this intaglio in profile to the left with its head down to charge.

Artifact

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contentType	contentType object
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provenance	provenance A. Morrison Collection, [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 24; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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language	language en
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Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.116

Culture

Roman

Medium

carnelian; mount: gold

Genre

intaglios (sculptural objects) ring

createdBy

Roman