FurnitureRoman3rd century BCE-3rd century CE

Spike with Inverted Cup-Shaped Head

3rd century BCE-3rd century CE

Classification

Furniture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman period

Century

3rd century BCE-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.8 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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