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Exhibition

The Good Life: Collecting Late Antique Art at The Met

OverviewVisiting GuideExhibition Objects
Hanging Fragment with Bird and Basket, Wool, linen; tapestry weave
Hanging Fragment with Bird and Basket
4th century
Square with Putti in a Nilotic Landscape, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
Square with Putti in a Nilotic Landscape
4th–5th century
Fragment with Two Figures, Linen, wool
Fragment with Two Figures
5th–6th century
Silenus, the Tutor of Dionysos, Bone, Byzantine
Silenus, the Tutor of Dionysos
Byzantine
4th–7th century
Necklace and Pendant Cross, Rock crystal, silver mount, Coptic (Egypt)
Necklace and Pendant Cross
Coptic (Egypt)
500–700
Figure of a Woman, Painted plaster
Figure of a Woman
5th century
Bone Carving, Possibly of a Dionysiac Revel, Elephant ivory, Byzantine
Bone Carving, Possibly of a Dionysiac Revel
Byzantine
300–500
Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child, Glass, gold leaf, Roman
Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child
Roman
early 4th century
Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios, Glass, gold leaf, polychromy, Roman
Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios
Roman
250–300
Relief Frieze, Pinewood with traces of polychromy, Coptic
Relief Frieze
Coptic
6th century
Relief Frieze, Pinewood with traces of polychromy, Coptic
Relief Frieze
Coptic
6th century
Relief Frieze, Pinewood with traces of polychromy, Coptic
Relief Frieze
Coptic
6th century
Relief Frieze, Pinewood with traces of polychromy, Coptic
Relief Frieze
Coptic
6th century
Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile, Elephant ivory, Byzantine
Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile
Byzantine
6th century
Plaque from a Casket with a Dancing Woman, Bone with red polychromy, Coptic
Plaque from a Casket with a Dancing Woman
Coptic
4th–5th century
Plaque from a Casket with a bird, Bone with polychromy, Coptic
Plaque from a Casket with a bird
Coptic
4th–5th century
Fragment of a Plaque with a Standing Woman, Bone, Coptic
Fragment of a Plaque with a Standing Woman
Coptic
4th century
Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden, Linen, tempera paint
Hanging Showing Euthenia in a Garden
1st century
Dionysos, Bone, Byzantine
Dionysos
Byzantine
4th–6th century
Bone plaque with Female Dancer, Bone, Late Roman/Early Byzantine
Bone plaque with Female Dancer
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Sigma-shaped table with relief border depicting the Birth of Aphrodite and a Marine Thiasos, Marble, Byzantine (Theodosian period)
Sigma-shaped table with relief border depicting the Birth of Aphrodite and a Marine Thiasos
Byzantine (Theodosian period)
ca. 490–530
Portrait of a thin-faced man, Encaustic on limewood with gold leaf
Portrait of a thin-faced man
A.D. 140–170
Ostrakon with Lines from Homer’s Iliad, Limestone with ink inscription, Coptic
Ostrakon with Lines from Homer’s Iliad
Coptic
580–640
Panel of Venus, “Pudica Type”, Bone, Late Roman/Early Byzantine
Panel of Venus, “Pudica Type”
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Panel with Warrior Resting, Bone, Late Roman/Early Byzantine
Panel with Warrior Resting
Late Roman/Early Byzantine
4th–6th century
Fragments of a Hanging with a Lotus-Motif Band, Linen, wool
Fragments of a Hanging with a Lotus-Motif Band
5th–6th century
Fragment of a Woman, Linen, polychrome wool, Early Byzantine
Fragment of a Woman
Early Byzantine
4th–5th century
Four standing figures in an arcade, Tapestry weave, linen, polychrome wool, Early Byzantine
Four standing figures in an arcade
Early Byzantine
4th–5th century
Painting of Holy Men, Linen, paint, Byzantine (Egypt)
Painting of Holy Men
Byzantine (Egypt)
5th–6th century