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Game Box

Date:: 15th–16th century
Culture:: French
Medium:: Bone, traces of gilding and paint over wooden core with red silk interior, metal mounts
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 3/4 x 7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (7 x 18 x 14.9 cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Friedman, 1954
Accession Number:: 54.135

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 307

Provenance

Harry G. and Adele O. Friedman, New York (until 1954)
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Europe (148,587)

France (52,276)
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A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
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