Silver Applique with Ceres in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Applique with Ceres
Roman, 100-200 AD
Silver

Inventory # 82.AM.90

A bust of Ceres decorates this silver applique which may have been attached to a chest. The goddess of agriculture and fertility is surrounded by her attributes: on her right is a basket of flowers symbolizing the bountiful earth; on her left are a scepter and a torch. Ceres' rites were secret and usually held at night.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.