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Casket

Date:: 14th century
Culture:: French
Medium:: Ivory. gilt copper mounts
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (7 x 14.1 x 11.8 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.100.158

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Provenance

George and Florence Blumenthal, Paris and (by 1926-1941)
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What
Metal (59,364)

Gilt (9,043)

Bone (6,328)

Copper (6,255)

Ivory (5,389)

Caskets (102)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1000–1400 A.D.

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