Download or read book Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance written by Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1995 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sculptures reflect the Blisses' wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurship. About a quarter are Greco-Roman; nearly two-thirds of the rest are Late Antique, mostly limestone carvings from Early Byzantine Egypt. Sculpture from the Middle Byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant.