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Ornament with the bust of Saturn
Roman
Imperial Period
2nd-3rd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height with base: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ariel Hamill Herrmann
Accession Number2000.1052
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFragment from a larger statuette of Fortuna.
Saturn emerges from a cluster of three acanthus leaves; he has has a heavy, curly beard and mane of hair, his mantel is pulled over his head, and he holds a pruning hook or sickle.
Below is a base composed of two robust torus moldings. From the bottom of the rear half of the base projects a rectangular blade, presumably for fastening the object in a support. It probably once fit atop a figure of Fortuna as part of an elaborate headdress adorned with the set of the gods of the days of the week.
Saturn emerges from a cluster of three acanthus leaves; he has has a heavy, curly beard and mane of hair, his mantel is pulled over his head, and he holds a pruning hook or sickle.
Below is a base composed of two robust torus moldings. From the bottom of the rear half of the base projects a rectangular blade, presumably for fastening the object in a support. It probably once fit atop a figure of Fortuna as part of an elaborate headdress adorned with the set of the gods of the days of the week.
ProvenanceEarly 1980s, sold by Robert Haber and Associates, New York, to Ariel Hamill Herrmann, New York; 2000, year-end gift of Ariel Herrmann to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 2001)