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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ringstone: Portrait Bust of a Man in Profile with Inscription in Brahmin
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Ringstone: Portrait Bust of a Man in Profile with Inscription in Brahmin

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Form/Functionbusts (general, figures)
AAT Object Form/Functionportraits
CultureHunnic
Date5th Century CE
MediumLapis lazuli
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions13/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in. (2.1 x 2.1 x 1 cm)
Object number2008.031.208
Exhibition HistoryExuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796), Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, September 21, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Passion of the Empress: Catherine the Great's Art Patronage, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C., February 15 - June 8, 2014
Published ReferencesAsen Kirin, Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) (Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, 2013), 190, number 47.
ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art