Figurine
48-2-222
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-222 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Mercury |
| Description | Statuette: Mercury. Spotty green patina cleaned to metal in 1966. Object complete. Stands on disc set above a cylindrical pedestal with a flared bottom cast hollow and filled with a lime deposit. Holds a purse in his lower right hand and his kerykeion in the left. Shawl thrown over left shoulder. Wears a hat with two feathers. Grooved details. |
| Height | 6.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 101 - Collector Number | L-2-23 - Old Loan Number |
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