Circular Plaster Relief in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2009

Circular Plaster Relief
Roman, 1st century AD
Said to be from Egypt
Cast from a Greek metal relief of the 3rd century BC
Below: youth with a phiale and a cornucopia, seated woman crowned by flying Eros, woman with cornucopia
Above: stars and caps of the Dioskouri

Accession # 31.11.15

The plaster reliefs displayed in this case likely served as models for Roman copies of Greek metalware. Such casts undoubtedly also inspired other kinds of Roman works, including intaglios, relief-decorated stone sarcophagi, and terracotta lamps.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.