head of Dionysus / Marble / Plaster or mortar / Wood / Unidentified Metal

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1974.04.0001
Object Name: head of Dionysus
Lot: Christie's of London
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Sculpture and Figurines
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar; Wood; Unidentified Metal
Weight: too heavy for lab scale
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Subjects: Dionysos
Verbatim Date: 117-138 AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Greek Sculpture in Transition; The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse; Pedestal 23 - Head of Dionysos; Ancient Color
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine; Person, Catherine; Roberts, Caroline
Exhibition Year: 2009; 2019
Publication Title: The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse
Publication Year: 2000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1974.04.0001
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1974.04.0001/1974_04_0001p14.tif

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Full citation: "head of Dionysus; Marble; Plaster or mortar; Wood; Unidentified Metal". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1974.04.0001/1974_04_0001p14.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 23, 2023.