Furniture Ornament with Bearded Head
FurnitureRoman1st-2nd century CE

Furniture Ornament with Bearded Head

1st-2nd century CE

Classification
Furniture
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Leaded bronze
Culture
Roman
Period
Roman Imperial period
Century
1st-2nd century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.2 x 4.2 x 8.4 cm (2 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.)

Provenance

J. Carlebach Gallery, NY; to Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven, CT, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1972.

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