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A work made of bronze and silver inlay.

Statuette of an Enthroned Figure

1st century

Roman

Roman Empire

This statuette is thought to depict Concordia, the Roman personification of harmony, one of the four principal virtues of the Roman Empire. Concordia sits on a high-backed throne and wears an ornamental headband, a long tunic tied above her waist, and a cloak, which drapes over her left shoulder and lap. The figure likely held a libation dish in her extended right hand and a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her missing left hand.

Bronze and silver inlay

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium