Reliquary Casket
Unknown Artist
6th century
Medium
Marble with traces of paint in modern incised decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/16 x 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (16 x 21.1 x 14 cm) base only: 3 9/16 x 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (9 x 21.1 x 14 cm) lid only: 2 15/16 x 8 1/16 x 5 7/16 in. (7.5 x 20.5 x 13.8 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Stone
Culture
Byzantine
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Blumka Gallery, in memory of Mrs. Barbara Paley, 1978
Accession Number
1978.273a, b
Tags
Heads