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Inscribedlabel on base: CE12
Plate
Artist
Etruscan
Date600 BC -550 BC
DimensionsOverall: 3 11/16 x 8 15/16 in. (9.4 x 22.7 cm)
Classification(s)
- ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John W. Field in memory of her husband
Terms
- seated figure
- standing figure
- chair
- bird
- spear
Object number1887.1.13
DescriptionThe first two figures can be identified as women by the long braids that hand down their backs. The second woman holds a circular object in her hand, likely a garland. The third figure is a man. The motion of his gait is visible by his separated legs. Like the women, he holds his arms akimbo, perhaps in a gesture of greeting or veneration. The man holds another circular object (or garland). Facing them, seated in a high-backed chair with a bird underneath, is a figure who raises on arm and holds a spear in another. Standing with her back to this seated figure is a woman, who also raises one arm and holds a garland in the other. She faces another seated man. This man sits in a chair whose legs form an X underneath the seat. He holds a garland. Behind this seated man is another standing figure, who faces the same direction and the two seated mean and holds a spear. Inscribedlabel on base: CE12
On View
Not on viewEgyptian
Late Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period (200 BC -30 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egyptian, anonymous
Early Ptolemaic Period (c. 310 BC - 200 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty