Plaque with Dancer | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1984.648
Title: Plaque with Dancer
Classification: Fragments
Work Type: fragment
Date: c. 400-640 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period: Byzantine period
Culture: Coptic
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/289311

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bone
Technique: Carved
Dimensions: actual: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York (by 1982)], inherited by; his wife, Beatrice Kelekian, New York, (1982-1984), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Beatrice Kelekian in memory of her husband, Charles Dikran Kelekian
Accession Year: 1984
Object Number: 1984.648
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Fragment of a convex decorative bone plaque carved in low relief. On the plaque is depicted a nude child dancer (a putto or a cupid?), under what is perhaps an architectural frame. It likely decorated furnishings, like a box or furniture.

Exhibition History

32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/28/2022 - 05/31/2023

Verification Level

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1984.648: Plaque with Dancer