ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Cameo with Male Offerant

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)

AAT Object Techniquecameos (sculptures)

CultureRoman

PeriodImperial

Date1st Century CE

MediumMicrocrystalline Chalcedony var. onyx (banded)

Credit LineClassical Purchase Fund

Dimensions5/8 x 7/8 in. (1.6 x 2.2 cm)

Object number2005.049.001

Label TextA nude bearded man stands facing right. He wears a chlamys (cloak) over his left shoulder and a sash around his waist. His hair is bound with a fillet, with short locks combed neatly forwards, leaving looser and thicker tufts at side and back. He holds a sword (?) in his raised right hand and pours a libation from a patera onto a flaming altar decorated with a gorgoneion. A wine-jug stands behind. Groundline.
Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006

ProvenanceWith Feuardant Freres (1867-1953), Paris, France. With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England, purchased from Boisgirard & Associes, Paris, France, ca. 2005. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace.

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