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Galeria Valeria follis

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
ID
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.

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