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Exhibition

The Good Life: Collecting Late Antique Art at The Met

Overview Visiting Guide Exhibition 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