Casket with Erotes and Animals

Medium

Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wooden casket with silk lining; copper handle, clasps, lock plate, and nails

Dimensions

Overall: 4 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (12.1 x 39.4 x 19.7cm)

Classification

Ivories-Bone

Culture

Italian or Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.235

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