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Casket with allegories of the Four Elements, Adam Eck, ca. 1650, Various soft and fruit woods, partly stained and ebonized,…
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Casket with allegories of the Four Elements

Adam Eck · ca. 1650

Medium
Various soft and fruit woods, partly stained and ebonized, carved, ebonized; marbelized paper lined interior; iron mounts
Dimensions
Overall: H. 8 11/16 x W. 16 5/16 x D. 13 in. (22.1 x 41.4 x 33 cm)
Accession
2009.470
Credit line
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts; Gift of Thelma Williams Gill and The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gift, by exchange, 2009
Culture
Czech, Chêb (Bohemian, Eger)
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