Animals in a Vine Scroll

Description The strip of inlay is carefully made of a straight section of bone with raised borders. It shows a lion and a partridge in a vine scroll that emanates from a vase. It is stained a bluish gray. The strip has been broken into four pieces with the loss of a number of small chips. There is a diagonal break at the top and two holes for attachment.

Exhibitions

• Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930