Artists' ToolsRoman?2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Goldsmith's Punch

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Classification

Artists' Tools

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Roman?

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm (2 3/16 x 7/8 x 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Dr. F. Bassermann-Jordan, Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatia, first quarter of the 20th century. Purchase, [Axel G. Weber, Kunsthandel GMBH, Cologne, mid 1990's-1998], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1998-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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