Plaque from a Casket with a Dancing Woman, 4th–5th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bone with red polychromy, Overall: 4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 3/16 in. (10.5 x 5.3 x 0.4 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, Dancing Woman, 4th–5th century, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bone, red polychromy, Overall, 4 1/8 x 2 1/16 3/16, 10.5 5.3 0.4 cm, Ivories-Bone, Bone plaques, decorate couches, chests, furniture, carved, relief, intaglio, incised designs, filled, colored wax, styles, object
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