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Source Description
Preserved in church treasuries, examples of secular Islamic art were admired and copied by European artists making Christian liturgical vessels. This example features materials and construction techniques characteristic of Islamic Sicilian craftsmen but is decorated with motifs clearly drawn from European heraldry. The decoration resembles the work of Italian craftsmen and might have been added at the request of the owner after the box was purchased.
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Document identity
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36489
label
Truncated Pyramidal Box with Heraldic Motifs
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object
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Source metadata
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36489
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object
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normalized
title
Truncated Pyramidal Box with Heraldic Motifs
description
Preserved in church treasuries, examples of secular Islamic art were admired and copied by European artists making Christian liturgical vessels. This example features materials and construction techniques characteristic of Islamic Sicilian craftsmen but is decorated with motifs clearly drawn from European heraldry. The decoration resembles the work of Italian craftsmen and might have been added at the request of the owner after the box was purchased.
provenance
Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
13th century
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Ivory & Bone
boxes (containers)
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11
height
19
depth
11
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 5/16 x W: 7 1/2 x D: 4 5/16 in. (11 x 19 x 11 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Siculo-Arabic
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ivory, painted and gilded decoration
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33562
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none
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