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Seal Box

Culture Roman
Title Seal Box
Date 100–300 CE
Medium Bronze and enamel
Dimensions Overall: 1 5/8 x 1 x 11/16 in. (4.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 85.5.2

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1985, Indiana University Art Museum purchase from Michael Ward, Inc., New York, NY [1]

probably 1984–1985, 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] Michael Ward states on December 4, 1984 (letter in curatorial file) that he acquired this seal box recently.

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"Seal Box | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=85.5.2