Casket with foliate roundels
Casket
late 10th century (made)
late 10th century (made)
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The nearest parallel in ivory to that unusual casket is a panel, probably from a casket, with a leaf and scroll ornament in rather low relief, in the Louvre.
This Byzantine casket in ivory is made in the late 10th century and is of a unique design.
Very similar leaf scrolls appear on Byzantine metalwork and enamels.
This Byzantine casket in ivory is made in the late 10th century and is of a unique design.
Very similar leaf scrolls appear on Byzantine metalwork and enamels.
Object details
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| Title | Casket with foliate roundels (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Carved ivory in high relief with pierced borders |
| Brief description | Casket, carved ivory in high relief, Byzantine, late 10th century. |
| Physical description | Carved with panels of foliage scrolls in high relief surrounded by borders of raised pierced bands. |
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| Object history | The nearest parallel in ivory to that unusual casket is a panel, probably from a casket, with a leaf and scroll ornament in rather low relief, in the Louvre. Very similar leaf scrolls appear on Byzantine metalwork and enamels. But a slight difference in the technique makes it possible that the casket is perhaps a contemporary imitation carved under Mohammedan influence rather than a strictly Byzantine work. The carving, if not actually Byzantine, appears to have been done, possibly in Southern Italy, under Byzantine influence (Graeven, Bonner Jahrbücher, Heft 108-9 (1902), Pl. IX, p. 252) |
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| Summary | The nearest parallel in ivory to that unusual casket is a panel, probably from a casket, with a leaf and scroll ornament in rather low relief, in the Louvre. This Byzantine casket in ivory is made in the late 10th century and is of a unique design. Very similar leaf scrolls appear on Byzantine metalwork and enamels. |
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| Accession number | 5471-1859 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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