These sculptures are not representative of any one culture or period, but rather are characteristic of the Blisses’ wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurship. About a quarter of the objects are Greco-Roman in date, and nearly two-thirds of the remainder are Late Antique, predominantly limestone carvings from Early Byzantine Egypt. Sculpture from the Middle Byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant.
DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION
Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance
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$80.00 • £59.95 • €72.00
ISBN 9780884022121
Publication: January 1995
272 pages
9 x 12 inches
168 black and white
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