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| Keywords: Coptic - Plaque with Apollo - Walters 7143.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Anonymous Coptic <br/> Following the traditions of Greek sculpture Apollo is shown leaning languidly against a tree with one arm resting on his lyre harp Mythological figures although pagan continued to be used as decorative motifs in Christian Egypt as a sign of upper-class learning and culture The curve of the plaque reflects the shape of the bone from which it was carved century 3 4 Late Antique bone cm 14 7 5 5 2 accession number 71 43 5120 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Coptic art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine art in Egypt Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Apollino | ||||
