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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno)

Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), 1575–1600, Beechwood, ebony, painted and decorated with incrustation of mother-of-pearl, ivor…

Date: 1575–1600
Medium: Beechwood, ebony, painted and decorated with incrustation of mother-of-pearl, ivory with gilding; miniatures: gouache on parchment; lined with later fabric
Dimensions: 7 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (20 × 39.7 cm)
Culture: Italian, Venice
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 17.190.848
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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