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Source Description
The strip of inlay is carefully made of a straight section of bone with raised borders. It shows a lion and a partridge in a vine scroll that emanates from a vase. It is stained a bluish gray.The strip has been broken into four pieces with the loss of a number of small chips. There is a diagonal break at the top and two holes for attachment.
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Document identity
localId
6192
label
Animals in a Vine Scroll
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6192
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Animals in a Vine Scroll
description
The strip of inlay is carefully made of a straight section of bone with raised borders. It shows a lion and a partridge in a vine scroll that emanates from a vase. It is stained a bluish gray.The strip has been broken into four pieces with the loss of a number of small chips. There is a diagonal break at the top and two holes for attachment.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.4
height
5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/8 x W: 1 15/16 in. (19.4 x 5 cm)
Source extras
style
Coptic
med
stained bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
14a861390b6427a2