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Marble Left Hand Holding a Small Box in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Marble Left Hand Holding a Small Box in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011
Title: Marble left hand holding a small box

Medium; Technique: Marble

Culture: Roman

Period: Imperial period

Date: 1st or 2nd century A.D.

Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (8.6 x 20 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923

Accession Number: 23.209

Description:

The hand must have belonged to a female statue. The box has holes on the lid, perhaps for sprinkling incense.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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