ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Openwork Relief Fragment
Place FoundEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Date1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
MediumLimestone
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20 x 20 cm)
Object number2008.040.001
Label TextAfter the defeat of Cleopatra VII by Octavian (the future Augustus Caesar) in 30 BCE, Egypt became one of Rome's wealthiest provinces and was closely connected to the wider empire. As people. goods, and ideas moved across the Roman world, new artistic styles and media mixed with established Egyptian cultural expressions. However, in temples and formal settings, traditional religious imagery continued to appear.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2008 - March 13, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesChristie's New York, Antiquities (June 4, 2008), 38, number 28.
ProvenanceCollected by Gustave Jequier (1868-1946), Neuchatel, Switzerland. Thence by descent. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, June 4, 2008, lot 28.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
late 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
30 BCE-323 CE
ca. 2nd Century CE
332 BCE-642 CE
ca. 1st Century CE
305 BCE-323 CE
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
ca. 282-246 BCE
2509-2483 BCE
ca. 300 CE
1st Century BCE
