Casket with Images of Cupids

عنوان:

Casket with Images of Cupids

تاريخ المصدر:

10th century (Medieval)

الوصف:

This finely carved ivory casket is decorated with curly-haired "erotes" (cupids) in the guise of warriors, dancers, and musicians. The lid shows two in equestrian combat while the trapezoidal panel in front shows a group of four "erotes" and a centaur dancing and playing musical instruments. The rectangular plaque on the casket's front features an "eros" playing a harp on a stand, a chariot drawn by panthers, and two other "erotes" playing musical instruments.For the latest information about this object, coffins, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Macedonian DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:

نوع المصدر:

ivory & bone

النوع (Raw):

كائنات أخرى

(EDM) النوع:

كائن

الموضوع:

Culture: Byzantine

المنشأ:

Bought in Italy; Edward Joseph, London, ca. 1888, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, May 6, 1890, no. 1003 and February 1894, no. 357; Isaac Falcke, London, 1894, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, April 19, 1910, no. 166; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1910, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

مادة الأثر:

bone and ivory on wood

المدى الزمني:

Dimensions: H: 4 15/16 x W: 7 5/16 x D: 5 5/16 in. (12.6 x 18.5 x 13.5 cm)

حقوق معيار دبلن كور:

Public Domain

المُعرِّف:

71.298

جزء من:

BYZ
Medieval Art

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