© Ashmolean Museum
Wilshere Collection
Artist: Unknown
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: circa 2nd-4th Century
Materials: gold-glass & marble
Dimensions: various dimensions
Grant:
Amount Paid: £85,000 (Total: £250,000)
Vendor: Governors of Pusey House
Review number: 5963 (2007)
Provenance:
Collection of Charles Willes Wilshere (19814-1906); Pusey House; on loan to the Ashmolean Museum from 1975.
Description:
The collection consists of 34 fragments of gold-glass and 23 sculptured reliefs and inscriptions. The objects were originally from Roman catacombs and display a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and pagan themes. Highlights include a relief showing a banqueting scene and a bowl fragment depicting scenes from the life of Christ.
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