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Plaque: Apollo with Cythera,
3rd–4th century
Roman
y1949-119
Information
Title
Plaque: Apollo with Cythera
Dates
3rd–4th century
Medium
Bone
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.2 x 0.7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Gordon McCormick, Class of 1917
Object Number
y1949-119
Period
Materials
Acquired by Manolis Segredakis at an unknown date from an unknown source; purchased by Brummer in 1944 from Segredakis; sold as part of the Brummer collection in 1949 by the Parke-Bernet Galleries; purchased by Gordon McCormick, Class of 1917, in 1949 from the galleryand given to the Museum, or purchased by the Museum in 1949 from the gallery.
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The notable art collection belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer: part I: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance sculpture; ivory carvings, bronzes, silver, textiles, Gothic tapestries, Limoges & Mosan enamels, furniture, Renaissance jewels...public auction sale April 20, 21, 22 and 23, (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1949).
, cat. no. 20 -
Kurt Weitzmann, "A Bone Carving of the Lyre-Playing Apollo," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 10, no. 2 (1951): 6–9.
, fig. 1, p. 7 (illus.) - Archer St. Clair, Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, The carver's art, Medieval sculpture in ivory, bone, and horn, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1989)., cat. no. 58
