Carved Ivory Plaque with Dancer, Fatimid Egypt, 11th Century. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 80c 5.

Carved Ivory Plaque with Dancer, Fatimid Egypt, 11th Century.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 80c 5.

A larger image of this Carved Ivory Plaque with Dancer, Fatimid Egypt, 11th Century. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 80c 5.

Plaque, ivory. Fatimid Egypt, 11th century. H: 12.3; W: 6.3 cm. Almost all the right side is covered with gold with red bole underneath. There are also traces of gilding on the grooves and palmettes in other areas. - Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, inv. no. 80c 5.
Source: Fig. 134, Contadini, Anna (2005) 'Fatimid Ivories Within a Mediterranean Culture.' The Ivories of Muslim Spain, The Journal of the David Collection, ed. by K. von Folsach and J. Mayer, 2 (2). pp. 226-247.

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Carved Ivory Plaque with Dancer, Fatimid Egypt, 11th Century.Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 80c 5.

Carved Ivory Plaque with Dancer, Fatimid Egypt, 11th Century.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, 80c 5.