ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Plaque: Zeus and Ganymede (?)
AAT Object Form/Functionplaques (flat objects)
AAT Object Techniquerelief (sculpture techniques)
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date2nd-3rd Century CE
MediumIvory or bone
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Dimensions1 11/16 x 3 3/16 in. (4.3 x 8.1 cm)
Object number2003.023.009
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 15, 2014MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's Monaco, Antiquities et objects d'art: Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Behague provenant de la succession du Marquis de Ganay (December 5, 1987), lot 138.
ProvenanceEx coll. Martine Comtesse de Behague (1870-1939), Paris, France. Thence by descent to Hubert de Ganay (1888-1974), France. Thence by descent. With Sotheby's Monaco, December 5, 1987, lot 138. Ex private collection, New York, acquired from George Allen (1919-1998) [Hesperia Art], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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