Harvard Art Museums > 1919.512: Fragment of a Decorative Relief Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of a Decorative Relief , 1919.512,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/292172. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1919.512 Title Fragment of a Decorative Relief Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date c. 80 BCE-138 CE Period Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/292172 Physical Descriptions Medium Pentelic marble Dimensions 16.2 x 27.3 cm (6 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson Accession Year 1919 Object Number 1919.512 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 199089 Fragment of a Decorative Relief Fragment is irregularly cut along edges. There are some surface chips. The back or bottom is flat. The fragment is either architectural or from a large ensemble of furniture. Linked floral motifs, palmette and honeysuckle, are carved in low relief around the curved outer or upper surface. A suggestion of carving in relief appears to begin on the raised, flat, circular inner surface. The bottom or back is flattened off with a claw chisel. Worked in a competent archaistic style, the floral designs, including a stylized date palm, suggest a date from Sulla (80 B.C.) to Hadrian (A.D. 117-138). Traces of a rasp around the leaves of the palmettes might indicate carving of the Imperial period, as late as the second century A.D. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 103, no. 89 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
