Fragmentary Bowl Base with the Portrait of a Woman

Fragmentary Bowl Base with the Portrait of a Woman

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The elegantly dressed woman was probably shown with another figure. Her dress and the scrolls still visible along the perimeter of the bowl suggest her noble status.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.