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Source Description
These wooden panels are the finest and most complete examples to survive from the Early Byzantine period, having been preserved in the dry sands of Egypt. The panels, made for a cupboard or cabinet (or possibly used as window shutters), each have richly carved medallions of interlacing bands set with rosettes or eagles. A very similar pair of wooden doors is in Athens, Benaki Museum, inv. 9083.
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Document identity
localId
12961
label
Cupboard Doors
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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12961
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Cupboard Doors
description
These wooden panels are the finest and most complete examples to survive from the Early Byzantine period, having been preserved in the dry sands of Egypt. The panels, made for a cupboard or cabinet (or possibly used as window shutters), each have richly carved medallions of interlacing bands set with rosettes or eagles. A very similar pair of wooden doors is in Athens, Benaki Museum, inv. 9083.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian [1868-1951], Constantinople and Paris, by purchase; Charles Kelekian, New York, 1951, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1951, by purchase.
date
5th-7th century (Late Antique)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Wood
cabinet doors
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
47.4
height
34.8
depth
4.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 18 11/16 x W: 13 11/16 x D: 1 7/8 in. (47.4 x 34.8 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
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Coptic
med
wood, paint, and iron
creator_ids
6833
6640
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TAF
ROM
exhibition_ids
2718
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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