Bust of Serapis

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Artist Unknown Roman

CultureRoman Egyptian

Titles

Bust of Serapis

Date100–150 AD

MediumEgyptian alabaster (calcite)

Dimensionsheight × length × width: 10 × 8 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (25.4 × 8.6 × 8.9 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan

Object number31.111

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

200 Jamail Atrium

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Department

Antiquities

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #197.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 22, 1996–March 29, 1997

Published References Hoffmann, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West. Houston: Institute for the Arts. Rice University, 1971 . Pages 72-74, fig. 22. [N 5603 .H6 W53 Main] Oliver, Andrew. Silver For the Gods: 800 Years of Greek and Roman Silver. Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Museum of Art, 1977. Page 159. Pollitt, J. J. Art and Experience in Classical Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Pg. 166-170, fig. 74.

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