1984.645: Plaque with facing birds among vines
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.645
- Title
- Plaque with facing birds among vines
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- fragment
- Date
- 11th-12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Fatimid period
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289310
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bone
- Technique
- Carved
- Dimensions
- actual: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 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
- 1984.645
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Polygonal plaque (originally five-sided?), with birds, facing, surrounded by vines, set within a border. A plaque like this would have decorated furniture, likely a door, screen, or container, likely within a wood framework.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/28/2022 - 05/31/2023
Verification Level
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