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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.63
Title
Lead Seal of Anna Doukaina, Sebaste
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
1068 before 1136
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
Period
Byzantine period, Middle
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195088

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead
Technique
Impressed
Dimensions
3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
unspecified: 24.55 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George Zacos, Istanbul, Turkey, Collector.
Spink & Son Ltd., 1998, 1998. Auction 1998 lot 40

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Byz Women no.46

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.63
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv. Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of the Christ Child on her breast.
in upper field to left and right of virgin, inscribed in Greek (Mother of God)
Rev. metrical, four lines, Greek inscription (Mother of God, help Anna Doukaina, sebaste)

Publication History

  • Spink Auction 127: Byzantine Seals from the Collection of of George Zacos, Part 1., auct. cat., Spink & Son Ltd. (London, England, October 7, 1998), 40, cat. 77
  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 107/figs. 46a, 46b

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
  • HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2009], Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/2009 - 05/10/2009

Verification Level

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