ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Intaglio with Woman Making an Offering
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Form/Functionbusts (general, figures)
AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)
CultureRoman
Periodearly Imperial, Augustan
Date1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
MediumBrown sard
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions9/16 x 7/16 x 1/16 in. (1.4 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm)
Object number2008.031.033
Label TextA three-quarter length bust of a young woman facing left, holding a laurel branch in her outstretched left hand and pulling at the neck of her chiton with her right. The gesture may relate to the practice of spitting onto one's chest to ward off the Evil Eye (Strato, Greek Anthology 12.229) and suggests a votive context for the scene. The woman's long hair is bound by a fillet and she wears a bracelet on each wrist.ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century BCE
1st Century BCE
2435-2306 BCE
late 1st Century BCE
1st Century BCE
second half of the 1st Century BCE
1st Century BCE
943-655 BCE
late 1st Century BCE - early 1st Century CE
1st Century CE
722-332 BCE
1076-723 BCE
