About the Artwork
Cornerpiece
5th/6th century
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Egyptian
Coptic
Limestone
11 1/4 x 19 x 7 1/2 in. 28.6 x 48.3 x 19.1 cm
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
51.228
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DIA BULLETIN, vol 31, nos 3 and 4, 1951-1952, p 72 (ill).
Walter Art Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ART, April 25-June 22, 1947, catalogue # 45.
Brooklyn Museum, PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN EGYPT, Jan-March 1941, catalogue # 30.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS OF THE COPTIC ART IN THE COLLECTION OF DIKRAN G. KELEKIAN, New York: approx 1929 (ill).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Coptic, Egyptian, Cornerpiece, 5th/6th century, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 51.228.
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