Cast of a Leaf of the Symmachorum-Nicomachorum Diptych
Plaster cast. 'A draped figure of a woman, turned in profile to the left, standing before an altar beneath an oak tree; in her left hand she sholds an incense box and with her right drops a grain of incense into the fire on the altar. Behind is a girl attendant holding a cantharus and a bowl of fruit. On a table at the top is incised in capital letters the name SYMMACHORVM; there is a border of delicately carved anthemion ornament.' [Description taken from Longhurst, Margaret H., Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, Part I, London, 1927, pp. 26-7]
Given by the Department of Science and Art
Height: 30 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1893-09-12) by Department of Science and Art
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1900
Plaster cast from the original in the Victoria and Albert Museum (212-1865). Original possibly Roman.
Casting (process) : Plaster cast
Accession number: M.2-1893
Primary reference Number: 29589
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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