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A semiprecious stone, jasper is difficult to carve and rarely used for sculpture. In this statuette, the stone’s rich veins of variegated reds and browns were chosen specifically to suggest the toga picta, a purple-dyed garment worn only by Roman consuls and the emperor. The head and arms were likely of another luxury stone, or perhaps of ivory.
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Title: Jasper statuette of a man wearing a toga
Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian or Flavian
Date: 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Jasper
Dimensions: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.230.54
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