Plaque from a Casket with a bird, 4th–5th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bone with polychromy, Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm), Ivories-Bone, 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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Plaque, Casket, bird, 4th–5th century, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bone, polychromy, Overall, 2 7/8 x 2 1/8, 7.3 5.1 0.3 cm, Ivories-Bone, Bone plaques, decorate couches, chests, furniture, carved, relief, intaglio, incised designs, filled, colored wax, styles, object
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