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Box

Box

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Museum number:

    A.52PART/1-1926

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

This box in turned ivory is said to have come from the tombs at Krech, South Russia.

Physical description

Box in ivory, the sides are plain and slightly concave. There is no necking; the circular lid rests on the top of the box and is of the full diameter.

Artist/maker

Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 1.188 in, Diameter: 1.375 in of base

Descriptive line

Box, turned ivory. Greco-Roman.

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

Paris : Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. XXVI. p. 99. 1923.
Minns, Ellis H. Scythians and Greeks. Cambridge University Press, 1913.

Materials

Ivory

Categories

Sculpture

Collection

Sculpture Collection

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