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Plaque with dancer

Plaque with dancer

FragmentsCoptic5th-7th century

Plaque with dancer

c. 400-640 CE

Description

Flat bone plaque from a furnishing (a box or other item of furniture), mended from three pieces, depicting a nude dancer carved in low relief.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Carved

Medium

Bone

Culture

Coptic

Period

Byzantine period

Century

5th-7th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

actual: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

[Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York (by 1982)], inherited by; his wife, Beatrice Kelekian, New York, (1982-1984), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

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