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Plaque with facing birds among vines

Plaque with facing birds among vines

Egyptian

Polygonal plaque (originally five-sided?), with birds, facing, surrounded by vines, set within a border. A plaque like this would have decorated furniture, likely a door, screen, or container, likely within a wood framework.

Bone

Fatimid period

Fragments