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Source Description
The plaque shows only the legs and lower torso of a dancing nude figure amid clouds. It was part of a long running border of similar figures, of which many examples have been found.There is a slight break at the lower right edge, and the bottom edge is broken. Such pieces must have been glued to a wooden core, as there are no signs of attachment.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37082
label
Lower Portion of a Female Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37082
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lower Portion of a Female Figure
description
The plaque shows only the legs and lower torso of a dancing nude figure amid clouds. It was part of a long running border of similar figures, of which many examples have been found.There is a slight break at the lower right edge, and the bottom edge is broken. Such pieces must have been glued to a wooden core, as there are no signs of attachment.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-5th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
5.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/2 x W: 2 5/16 in. (8.9 x 5.8 cm)
Source extras
style
Coptic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
dbe16fc5941db792