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Brooch in the Shape of a Fantastic Animal

Culture Roman
Title Brooch in the Shape of a Fantastic Animal
Date 100–300 CE
Medium Bronze, glass, and and enamel
Dimensions Overall: 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. (4.6 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 84.5.3

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1984, Indiana University Art Museum purchase from Michael Ward, Inc., New York, NY [1]

?–1984, with Michael Ward, Inc., New York, NY [2]

Notes:

[1] Michael L. Ward (b. 1943) was an antiquities dealer, maintaining a gallery in New York (NY) from 1982 to 2010.

[2] Note on accession card in curatorial file (information probably from Michael Ward): "Said to have been found near Rheims, France."

Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.

January 16–March 3, 1985, "Animal Kingdom: Natural and Fabulous Creatures in Art," Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN

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