SculptureRoman2nd-3rd century CE

Feet of a Man Beside a Container of Scrolls

2nd-3rd century CE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Marble seemingly from western Asia Minor

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Century

2nd-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

actual: 7.5 x 12 x 6.7 cm (2 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

From the Collection of Clifford Moore (died August 1931), seemingly purchased by Moore in Rome in 1905 or 1906 in an antique dealer's shop.

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