Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists

Medium

Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core

Dimensions

Overall: 9 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (23.3 x 14 cm) base only: 6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (15.6 x 14 cm) Lid only: 3 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (8.6 x 14 cm)

Classification

Ivories-Bone

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.230a, b

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