The double sided relief has a crack that runs down.
Marble two sided relief.
On the reverse in flat relief and in a sunken panel are two satyr masks in profile facing each other.
In a low relief or bas relief basso relievo the design projects only slightly from the ground and there.
The satyr mask on the left is shown with ram s horns and above a basket.
Aphrodite is seated opposite consulting with her son eros at the center who holds the scales made from a separate piece of marble to determine how long persephone will stay in the underworld.
The double sided mithraic relief is an example of a bas relief which means that rather than creating a three dimensional sculpture.
The masks of a young maenad and bearded silenus are carved on the one side in high relief.
This is a marble two sided relief originating from rome and carved in the imperial period in the 1st century a d.
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Two sided stone tool used as a multi purposes knife manufactured through a process of lithic reduction.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Marble two sided relief 1st century a d.
Marble votive relief of bearded dionysus 1st c.
The relief was most likely used for decorative purposes and may have been placed in one of the mithraeum s or places of worship.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Seated on the right is demeter with her head veiled in mourning for her daughter persephone.
This is a decorative marble relief from a peristyle garden of a roman house or villa.
The peristyle gardens of roman houses and villas were filled with decorative marble reliefs such as this one.
Dionysiac cult objects and theatrical masks are often depicted on similar marble ornaments found in pompeii where they were.
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Description a three sided relief cut from a single block.
Venice marble relief detail art sculpture venice.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
Marble two sided relief roman 1st century ad peristyle garden rome.
B c in national museum greece.
The satyr mask on the right has the horns of a goat.
The masks of a young maenad and a bearded silenus are carved on one side in high relief.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
A shepherd s crook known in antiquity as a pedum and two cymbals rest between them.
Lower paleolithic biface or hand axe.
His mouth is open.
Relief also called relievo from italian relievare to raise in sculpture any work in which the figures project from a supporting background usually a plane surface reliefs are classified according to the height of the figures projection or detachment from the background.