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Casket and cover - Casket and cover

Casket and cover

  • Object:

    Casket and cover

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    14th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Workshop of Embriachi (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Wood, bone, inlaid

  • Museum number:

    198-1894

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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The sides of this casket are decorated with figures, three at either end and four pairs in the centre, and on each corner, a figure bearing a shield and a club. On the lid there are images of flying angels holding globes. The bone placques on this casket were originally painted and some traces of the colour remains.

The casket is from the School of Embirachi and dates from the beginning of the fifteenth century. It appears to have originally been a marriage casket.

Physical description

Rectangular casket and cover of wood, overlaid with bone plaques carved with groups of standing figures, which were originally painted; round the cover are similar plaques of flying angels, two holding balls, and two a scroll. The casket is further decorated with inliad (intarsia) bands of plain and green tinted bone.

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

14th century (made)

Artist/maker

Workshop of Embriachi (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Wood, bone, inlaid

Dimensions

Height: 6.25 in, Length: 7.625 in, Width: 4.75 in

Object history note

Acquired in London.

Descriptive line

Casket and Cover, Embriachi workshop, 14th century.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Longhurst, Margaret, H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. II. London: The Board of Education, 1929. pp.66

Materials

Wood; Bone

Techniques

Inlaid

Collection code

SCP

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