Panel with Two Peacocks

CultureByzantine
Titles
  • Panel with Two Peacocks
Date501–700 AD
MediumAlabaster
Dimensions24 5/8 × 15 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (62.5 × 39.4 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. and Louisa Stude Sarofim in honor of Isabel B. Wilson
Object number2008.382
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
On view

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Gallery Matte, Geneva, before 1965–1968]; purchased by Charles Probst, Geneva, 1968; purchased by Khalil Homsi, Paris, 1980s; [Phoenix Ancient Art, New York/Geneva, by 2008]; purchased by MFAH, 2008.

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