- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2012.1.154
- Title
- Intaglio: Crescent and Five Stars
- Classification
- Gems
- Work Type
- gem
- Date
- 1st-4th century CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72427
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Chalcedony
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
- Provenance
- Eleftherios Sossidi, Hamburg, (between 1955-65 - 1990's), sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742, New York, December 7, 2001, lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (2001-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2012
- Object Number
- 2012.1.154
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Oval chalcedony intaglio with a waning crescent moon surrounded by five eight-rayed stars.
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