FragmentsCoptic5th-7th century
Plaque with Dancer
c. 400-640 CE
Description
Fragment of a convex decorative bone plaque carved in low relief. On the plaque is depicted a nude child dancer (a putto or a cupid?), under what is perhaps an architectural frame. It likely decorated furnishings, like a box or furniture.
Dimensions
actual: 7.9 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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