Byzantine Ivory Casket

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Illustration

Patrick Tinkham
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 19 March 2018
Byzantine Ivory Casket Download Full Size Image

Made in Constantinople in the 11th century CE, this casket is made of ivory and bone, and has gilded copper mounts. Depicted are dancers waging mock battles and taming a panther. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Art, M. M. o. (2018, March 19). Byzantine Ivory Casket. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8400/byzantine-ivory-casket/

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