Jewel Casket
In form, this casket resembles a Russian teremok, a medieval dwelling. On its lid, two confronting dragons with black wings and orange, brown, and green bodies trample a pair of green serpents, which, in turn, devour their attackers' tails. Mounted in the center is a table-cut...
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Christie’s, Geneva, May 15 1985, lot 287; purchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., May 22 1985 (through Leo Kaplan, New York, as agent); by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
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