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Historical Archive: Byzantine ivory, bone, and steatite


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plaque with tiger, gazelle, and lion, bone, Byzantine Egypt c.500, KM 1981.04.0037
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Visitation and Annunciation to Anna, panels from an ivory diptych, Syria 6th c., Hermitage
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ivory pyxis: cross and Annunciation, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: Entry into Jerusalem, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: altar and Raising of Lazarus, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: Healing of the Blind Man, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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pyxis with Christ and the Samaritan woman, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page.
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pyxis with Massacre of the Innocents, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page.
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male figure with cross, bone, 9th-11th c. Byzantine Egypt, KM 1966.01.0102
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cylinder seal with male saints or bishops, bone, 9th-11th c. Byzantine Eygpt, KM 1966.01.0109. This work has its own page.
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mould for a medallion of St. Simeon, 10th c. Byzantine steatite, KM 0000.08.7517
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modern impression of mould for a medallion of St. Simeon, KM 0000.08.7517
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Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Dormition of the Virgin: Christ with Virgin's soul, ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Dormition of the Virgin (oblique view), ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, 11th c., Hermitage
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head of a bearded saint, steatite, early 12th c., DO 1999.18
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head of a bearded saint, steatite, early 12th c., DO 1999.18
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head of a bearded saint, reverse, steatite, early 12th c., DO 1999.18
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head of a bearded saint, detail, steatite, early 12th c., DO 1999.18
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head of a bearded saint, detail, steatite, early 12th c., DO 1999.18
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Crucifixion and Lamentation, steatite, 12th c., Hermitage
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Ascension (lower part), steatite, DO 1951.26
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Ascension, reverse, steatite, DO 1951.26
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head of a saint, steatite, DO 1963.26
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head of a saint, detail, steatite, DO 1963.26
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SS George and Theodore receiving martyrs’ crowns, steatite, DO 1951.25

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SS George and Theodore receiving martyrs’ crowns, detail, steatite, DO 1951.25

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St. George enkolpion, steatite, DO 1940.5
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St. George enkolpion, reverse, steatite, DO 1940.5
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St. Nicholas enkolpion, steatite, DO 1958.24