Casket with Images of Cupids
- Holding institution:
- The Walters Art Museum
- Data provider:
- The Walters Art Museum
- Title:
- Casket with Images of Cupids
- Date:
- 10th century (Medieval)
- Description:
- 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:
- Type:
- ivory & bone
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Objects
- Type (Broader):
- Object
- Subject:
- Culture: Byzantine
- Provenance:
- 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.
- Medium:
- bone and ivory on wood
- Extent:
- 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)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 71.298
- Is part of:
- BYZ
Medieval Art