Bone Carving, Possibly of a Dionysiac Revel, 300–500, Made in Egypt, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in. (9.8 x 6 x 2 cm), Ivories, 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
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Bone Carving, Dionysiac Revel, 300–500, Egypt, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall, 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 13/16, 9.8 6 cm, Ivories, plaques, decorate couches, chests, furniture, carved, relief, intaglio, incised designs, filled, colored wax, styles, object
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