Figurine
48-2-64
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 48-2-64 |
Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
Date Made | 100-299 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Eagle | Animal |
Description | Eagle on a bull's head. Traces of green patina. Lime deposits in the grooves. Horizontal bull's head is flat on the bottom. On it sits an eagle with its wings crossed over its tail. Modeling is heavy and bulky. Feathers of wings tips, breast, neck and tail are engraved. |
Height | 3.6 cm |
Width | 2.6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 214 - Collector Number | L-2-130 - Old Loan Number |
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