Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch

Unknown

332–30 B.C. · ivory · Egyptian Art

Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch — Unknown

Fine ivory attachments were used on Hellenistic couches of the type that served for dining and sleeping, but also as funerary biers.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Medium: ivory
Department: Egyptian Art
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

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