GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Ingots are a mass of any type of metal, in this case gold, cast into convenient shape for storage and transportation, to be rolled, forged, melted, or otherwise processed later. This particular gold ingot was part of a goldsmith's cache discovered in Rome. The group of objects (1991.75.92.1, 1991.75.92.2.1, 1991.75.92.3, 1991.75.92.4.a-b) dates to the 1st century BCE and is impressive for its total weight of nearly 746 grams, while also allowing a rare glimpse into the work of a goldsmith. This ingot, the larger of the two (1991.75.92.6) found in the cache, has three long triangular sides and one smaller one. On one side it shows rough tool marks.
Adapted from
Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 145.
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- updated provenance and geo x refs in TMS
- added publication as a text entry in TMS
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Until 1989: probably Collection of Dr. Athos Moretti, Switzerland [1]
1989-1991: Collection of Robert Haber, New York, New York [2]
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
[1] based on existing provenance entry in TMS
[2] See printed email exchange between Andrew Oliver and Anne Bromberg, dated August 3, 2012, found in Collections Record Object file 1991.75.53
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General Description
Ingots are a mass of any type of metal, in this case gold, cast into convenient shape for storage and transportation, to be rolled, forged, melted, or otherwise processed later. This particular gold ingot was part of a goldsmith's cache discovered in Rome. The group of objects (1991.75.92.1, 1991.75.92.2.1, 1991.75.92.3, 1991.75.92.4.a-b) dates to the 1st century BCE and is impressive for its total weight of nearly 746 grams, while also allowing a rare glimpse into the work of a goldsmith. This ingot, the larger of the two (1991.75.92.6) found in the cache, has three long triangular sides and one smaller one. On one side it shows rough tool marks.
Adapted from
Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 145.
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Notes
- updated provenance and geo x refs in TMS
- added publication as a text entry in TMS
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1989: probably Collection of Dr. Athos Moretti, Switzerland [1]
1989-1991: Collection of Robert Haber, New York, New York [2]
From 1991: Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.
[1] based on existing provenance entry in TMS
[2] See printed email exchange between Andrew Oliver and Anne Bromberg, dated August 3, 2012, found in Collections Record Object file 1991.75.53
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