Cast of a leaf of the consular diptych of Flavius Anastasivs, Consul at Constantinople, A.D. 517
Production: Unknown
Plaster cast. 'The consul is seated in a curule chair holding a sceptre in his left hand and the mappa circensis raised in his right. Below are two servants leading horses, and in a lower compartment two men and a boy with, on the right, the head of an elderly man with a crab attached to his nose. Above are three medallions and two winged figures surmounted by a tablet with the following inscription: VIR. INLVSTRIS. COMES. DOMESTICORVM. EQUITVM. ET. CONSVL. ORDINARIVS.' [Description from Margaret H. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, Part I, London, 1927, pp. 28-9].
Given by the Department of Science and Art
Height: 36.1 cm
Width: 13.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1893-09-12) by Department of Science and Art
19th Century
Production date:
before
AD 1893
: Probably 19th century.
Original; Byzantine
Casting (process) : Plaster cast
Accession number: M.1-1893
Primary reference Number: 29709
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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