Dish with a Human Figure and a Bird

Description Ceramic vessels with monochrome painting in a similar style are typical of Christian Egypt. Birds and other animals are often found depicted on them. The meaning of the composition seen on this example is unclear.

Exhibitions

• Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002.
• Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005.
• Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Museum of Biblical Art, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 2008-2009.

Provenance David David-Weill, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 1971, no. 22; Charles K. Kelekian, New York, 1971, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1974