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Plaque with partial scene of Briseis and Achilles
Plaque with partial scene of Briseis and Achilles

Plaque with partial scene of Briseis and Achilles

4th–5th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H.: 19cm W.: 10.7 cm
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number1976.125
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceSaid to come from Egypt. Maurice Nahman (dealer; b. 1868 - d. 1948), Cairo and Paris; June 4-5, 1953, posthumous Nahman sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 276. Ernst Kofler (dealer; b. 1899 - d. 1989), Lucerne [see note 1]. By 1972, Münzen und Medaillen A.G, Basel [see note 2]; 1976, sold by Münzen und Medaillen to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1976)

NOTES
[1] According to Herbert Cahn of Münzen und Medaillen. [2] Sonderliste O, December 1972, no. 76.