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Byzantine Bone Doll - PF.0148
Origin: Bethany, Israel
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
3.625" (9.2cm) high
x 1.5" (3.8cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Bone
$5,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
For as long as there has been civilization,
children have played with dolls. Wooden dolls
with bead hair have been found in ancient Egypt
and
terracotta ones in Greece and Rome. Since
dolls are traditionally made from
perishable materials like cloth, most do not
survive past the youth of their owners This
wide-eyed effigy must have once been the
prized possession of some child living in the
sunset of the Classical world. Many generations
of children have grown up since then, yet such
an object still has the power to touch our
hearts.
- (PF.0148)
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