Works of Art (59)
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Perfume Burner, dated 1599,
Giuseppe de'Levi (Italian),
Italian (Veronese),
Bronze (41.100.84a,b) |
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Biscuit box with cover, ca. 1870,
Christopher Dresser (British),
Earthenware, silver plate (1992.282a,b) |
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Box depicting the Five Senses, third quarter of 17th century, English, Silk, metal thread, pearls, and mica on silk satin applied to wooden frame (29.23.1) |
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Box from the tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Gessoed and painted wood (86.1.8) |
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Box with a lid, 15th century; Mamluk, Syria, Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver (91.1.538) |
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Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6) |
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Box with lid, late 16th century, India, the Deccan (Bidar), Metal alloy inlaid with brass and silver (1996.3ab) |
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Box with Sleeping Eros, 300s, Roman or Byzantine; Said to have been found in Tartus, Syria, Silver (47.100.33) |
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Box,
René-Jules Lalique (French),
Seicoid (cellulose acetate) (24.145.3ab) |
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Box, ca. 1875,
French, Gold and enamel (2002.258) |
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Box, late 16th–early 17th century; Mughal, Indo-Portuguese style, Gujurat, India, Teak, ebony, ivory, and lac (2000.301) |
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The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box), September 1934, Marcel Duchamp (French), Box containing collotype reproductions on various papers (2002.42a–vvvv) |
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Bursa Reliquary, early 900s, North Italian, Bone, copper-gilt, wood (53.19.2) |
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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1570–90,
Venice,
Beech wood, partially gilded and painted rosewood veneer; gold powder, gold leaf, silver flakes, silver-gilt, bronze, and yellow metal (57.25ab) |
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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1575–1600,
Venice,
Beech wood, painted and decorated ebony with encrustations of mother-of-pearl; gilded ivory, and gouache miniatures on parchment under glass; later textile-lining (17.190.848) |
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Casket with Warriors and Dancers, carved 11th century,
Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople,
Bone, copper gilt (17.190.239) |
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Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures, 900–1100, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wood; silver lock plate (17.190.237) |
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Casket, 11th–12th century, Probably southern Italy or Sicily, Ivory (17.190.241) |
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Cassone, 1461–65, Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine), Italian (Florence), Painted and gilded gesso on poplar, set with a wooden panel painted in tempera and gold (14.39) |
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Chrismatory, ca. 1200–1220, Limoges, Copper: engraved, chased, and gilt; champlevé enamel: lapis and lavender blue, turquoise, light and dark green, red, and white (17.190.853) |
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Clothing box with peony scrolls, Chosôn dynasty, 16th–17th century, Korea, Lacquer with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlay (L.1996.47.131) |
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Container (Aduno Koro) with Figures, 16th–19th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood (1979.206.255) |
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Container (Kuduo), 18th–19th century Ghana; Akan, Asante Brass, pigment (1981.431.14) |
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Container (Kuduo), 19th–20th century, Ghana; Akan, Asante, Brass (1978.412.384a,b) |
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Cosmetic box, Chosôn dynasty, 18th century, Korea, Lacquer with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlay (L.1996.47.132) |
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Cylindrical box, ca. 1225–1250; Ayyubid, Syrian or northern Mesopotamian (Jazira), Brass with silver inlay (1971.39) |
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Incense container, Koryô dynasty, 10th–12th century, Korea, Lacquer with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlay (over pigment) and brass wires (25.215.41a,b) |
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Inkstone and box, Qing dynasty, early 18th century, inscribed with dates corresponding to 1370 and 1702, China, Green schist and wood (1981.120.1a-c) |
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Inro with decoration of Portuguese figures, Edo period, 17th century, Wood with black and gold lacquer (1975.268.178) |
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Jewel box, 1920,
Dagobert Peche (Austrian); Manufacturer: Wiener Werkstätte,
Gilded silver (1978.8a-c) |
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Jewelry casket, 1857,
Pietro Giusti (Italian),
Carved walnut, ebony, lined with red velvet (1998.19) |
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Larnax (chest-shaped coffin), mid-13th century B.C.; Late Minoan IIIB, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1996.521a,b) |
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Lidded Container, 19th–20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Kuba peoples, Wood, camwood powder, palm oil patina (1978.412.299a,b) |
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Lidded Container: Equestrian Figure, 16th–20th century, Mali; Dogon, Wood, metal staples (1979.206.173a-c) |
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Pen box, 13th century, Western Iran or northern Iraq (al-Jazira), Brass inlaid with gold and silver (89.2.194) |
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Pen box, early 19th century,
Iran,
Painted and varnished papier-mâché (2006.523)
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Pen box, late 17th–early 18th century, Signed by Haji Muhammad, Iran, Lacquer (2000.491a,b) |
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Picnic basket, Qing dynasty, 19th century, China, Zitan wood with metal corner mounts, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semiprecious stones (1977.262a-g) |
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Plaque, 10th–early 11th century; Caliphal, Attributed to Córdoba, Spain, Ivory, quartz, pigment (13.141) |
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Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c) |
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Pyx Depicting Women at the Tomb of Christ, 500s, Byzantine; Made in the eastern Mediterranean, Ivory (17.190.57) |
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Pyxis (box with lid), mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric, Greek, Attic, Terracotta (48.11.5a,b) |
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Pyxis with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Byzantine; Possibly made in Syria, said to have been found in Rome, Ivory (17.190.56) |
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Pyxis, 10th century (950–975); Caliphal, Spanish; Made in Andalusia, Ivory (1970.234.5) |
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Pyxis, ca. 1400–1100 B.C.; Late Minoan IIIB, Minoan; Greece, Crete, Terracotta (1999.423) |
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Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, ca. 1173–1180, English or German, Silver with niello, gemstone (17.190.520) |
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Reliquary of the True Cross (Staurotheke), late 8th–early 9th century, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Cloisonné enamel, silver, silver-gilt, gold, niello (17.190.715ab) |
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Shawabti box and shawabtis, New Kingdom, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Egyptian; From the tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el-Medina, western Thebes, Painted wood; limestone and ink (86.1.128) |
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Six-Sided Container, 200–300, Roman; Probably made in Gaul, Copper alloy with millefiore enamel (47.100.7) |
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Snuffbox, ca. 1764–65, Possibly by Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu (French), French; Paris, Four-color gold, enamel (17.190.1158) |
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Snuffbox, ca. 1815
Maker: Gabriel-Raoul Morel (French); School of Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French) and possibly Madame Aimée-Zoë Lizinka de Mirbel (French)
Gold, ivory (17.190.1114)
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Square bottle, Chosôn dynasty, 19th century, Korea, Porcelain; H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm) (1979.413.3) |
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Stationery Box, Chosôn dynasty, 15th century, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay (L.1992.62.3a,b) |
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Stationery box, Momoyama period, early 17th century, Japan, Lacquer, with sprinkled gold decoration in Kodaiji style, inlaid with gold and silver foil (1987.82ab) |
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Sutra box, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–1424), China, Red lacquer with qiangjin (incised and gilt decoration) (2001.584a-c) |
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Table snuffbox, ca. 1745–50, Russian; Probably region of Velikiy Ustyg, Partially polished green turban snail; gilded, matted, punched, and engraved silver; niello (1995.327) |
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Traveling box, Ming dynasty, early 15th century, China, Leather, wood, iron, gold, and pigments (1999.61) |
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Tripartite silver box, 19th century, India, Silver (15.95.12) |
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Writing box, late 16th–early 17th century,
India, Gujarat or Sindh,
Wood with ivory and sadeli decoration (2004.439) |
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Thematic Essays (4)
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