Fragment of a pomegranate

Classification

votive offering ; sculpture / statue ; statuette

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 8 cm; width: 7 cm

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

Parian marble, lychnites ; marble analysis

Iconography

pomegranate

Findspot

Athens

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4717

Hyp-3999

References

Oroszlán 1930, 112, no. 32

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the sculpture was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.