ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Furniture End in the Shape of a Bear's Head
AAT Object Form/Functionfurniture ornaments
AAT Object Form/Functionappliqué (metalwork ornament)
AAT Object Form/Functionprotomai
AAT Object Form/Functionheads (representations)
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st Century CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Christian Humann Foundation
Dimensions1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Object number1986.019.001
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
ProvenanceEx coll. Christian Humann (1929-1981), New York, New York, purchased from Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, New York. Thence by descent.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century CE
2nd - 3rd century CE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
1076-723 BCE
early 1st-late 3rd Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
350-430 CE
late 1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
3rd-1st Century BCE
5th-6th Century CE
