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Source Description
A nude female with drapery falling behind her holds a basket. A partridge is shown below within a square.The plaque is semicircular in section and was dyed and is now a warm buff color. It has been broken in half and repaired. Several small sections are lost. There are four original holes for attachment, probably to a piece of furniture. Although from the same object as Walters 71.42, it is of a different color.The partridge often appears in Coptic textiles.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
28890
label
Female Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
28890
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female Figure
description
A nude female with drapery falling behind her holds a basket. A partridge is shown below within a square.The plaque is semicircular in section and was dyed and is now a warm buff color. It has been broken in half and repaired. Several small sections are lost. There are four original holes for attachment, probably to a piece of furniture. Although from the same object as Walters 71.42, it is of a different color.The partridge often appears in Coptic textiles.
provenance
Arthur Smabon, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-6th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23
height
4.9
dimensionsRaw
9 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (23 x 4.9 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
bd5622b30fe2f5c6