ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Sarcophagus Handle
AAT Object Form/FunctionLion and Ring Handles
Place CreatedAsia
CultureRoman
PeriodRoman Period
Date3rd Century CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of Victor Della Fera
Dimensions7 3/16 x 1 9/16 in. (18.3 x 3.9 cm)
Object number1985.014.016
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987The Beauty of Beasts, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TennesseeNovember 1, 1992 - April 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 27, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - July 29, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - March 14, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Victor J. Della Fera (1917-1993), East Hartford, Connecticut, acquired from Intercontinental Antiquity Corporation, San Rafael, California, ca. 1981.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1st Century CE
early 4th Century CE
early 4th Century CE
early 4th Century CE
early 4th Century CE
early 4th Century CE
3rd-early 4th Century CE
3rd-early 4th Century CE
722-332 BCE
1000-800 BCE
early 4th Century CE
664-525 BCE