Box
The interlace decoration on this unique box resembles that of several painted ivory pyxes produced in Sicily between about 1140 and 1220. Although made for Christian liturgical use, the piece is ornamented in an Islamic style and has an illegible Arabic inscription on the lid....
Images (9)
Artifact
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id
39842
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
9
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.517_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.517_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.517_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
| imageCount | 9 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.517 |