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Bird Bone Plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011
Plaque from a Casket with a bird
Date: 4th–5th century
Geography: Made in, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Bone with polychromy
Dimensions: Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1978
Accession Number: 1978.432.2
Description:
Bone plaques were used to decorate couches, chests, and other furniture. Some were carved in relief; others were carved in intaglio with the incised designs often filled with colored wax. Both styles could be used on the same object. The designs frequently represent Dionysiac themes.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/1700...
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Date: 4th–5th century
Geography: Made in, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Bone with polychromy
Dimensions: Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1978
Accession Number: 1978.432.2
Description:
Bone plaques were used to decorate couches, chests, and other furniture. Some were carved in relief; others were carved in intaglio with the incised designs often filled with colored wax. Both styles could be used on the same object. The designs frequently represent Dionysiac themes.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/1700...
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