Artists' ToolsRoman5th century
Stamp for a Monogram of Christ
400 - 500 CE
Description
Terracotta stamp with a Chi-Rho shape at one end; the body is a rod or cylinder with a rounded foot. The clay is Tunisian.
Dimensions
4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.) 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Provenance
English collection (by 1980) sold; to [Jeffrey Spier, Ancient Coins and Antiquities, NY, 1980-1982], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1982-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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