Description
The combination of the laurel wreath and the lotus leaf over the forehead suggests that this man was likely a deified ruler.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
1/14/1974
Treatment
cleaned
Exhibitions
Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
Faience: The Colors of the Heavens. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003-2004.
Provenance
Giovanni Dattri, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 355, no. 492, pl. 44; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
