19 juillet 2025
Marble shell, Greek, Classical Period, ca. 400 BCE
Marble shell, Greek, Classical Period, ca. 400 BCE. Marble, 24.1 x 15.2 cm. Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. John Moscahlaidis Gift, 1995.19. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This work imitates a pelican's foot shell, which is common to the Mediterranean....