Intaglio with a Dancing Satyr Set in a Ring

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description This intaglio has a dancing satyr with an animal skin over his right arm and a thyrsos in his right hand.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/25/1960	Examination	other

Provenance Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 51 [as from Trebisond (Trabzon, Turkey)]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909

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Creator

Roman (Artist)

Period

2nd-1st century BCE (Hellenistic (?))

Medium

carnelian; mount: gold
(Precious Stones & Gems)

Accession Number

42.108

Measurements

intaglio with gold setting: 3/4 x 5/8 x 3/16 in. (1.89 x 1.65 x 0.44 cm); ring: 7/8 in. (2.27 cm) (diam.)

Geographies

Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Greece (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury