Truncated Pyramidal Box with Punched Decoration
While the walls and structure of this box are the same as other Siculo-Arabic examples, the gilt-copper accessories suggest that it was built for security. Three unusually heavy mounts are on each corner fo the box, plus two on each corner of the lid. The custormary locks and...
Artifact
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id
11289
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.313_Fnt_NG_429.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.313_Fnt_NG_429.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.313_Fnt_NG_429.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.313 |
Terms
Medium
ivory, gilt-copper mounts