Retractor (one of an eleven-piece set of medical instruments)
2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueBronze with silver and copper inlay
DimensionsOverall: 12.9 x 0.8 cm (5 1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Gift of the Boston Numismatic Society, Gift of Francis Brooks, Gift of Mr. Samuel L. Cabot, Cesnola Collection, Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation, Gift of Joseph H. Clark, Gift of Miss Helen Collamore, Gift of Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge, Everett Fund, Gift of Henry H. Fay, Gift of Edward Gans, Gift of Mr. Costas E. Goltsos, Gift of Dr. James Grant, Gift of George W. Hammond, Gift of Robert E. Hecht, Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund, Gift of Reginald Jenney, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Gift of Edward Robinson, Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Shaw, Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins, Storer Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William deForest Thomson, Gift of Adams Tolman, and Gift of Edwin A. Wyeth, and Classical Deaccession Fund
Accession number2005.332
On View
On viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy the 1920s: Marcopoli Collection, Damascus, Syria; by about 1970: imported into the UK by Christie's for the Marcopoli family; by June 2005: consigned by the heir of the last Mrs. Marcopoli to Sotheby's, 1334 York Ave., New York, NY 10021 (auction N08104, June 7, 2005, lot 46); purchased by MFA from Sotheby's New York, June 22, 2005
2nd-3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
A.D. 150–275
18th–19th century
about A.D. 200
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.