Main Title: Veroli casket (V&A, 216-1865)
Image Title: Back, detail 16199458

Holding institution:
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Data provider:
Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: Veroli casket (V&A, 216-1865)
Image Title: Back, detail 16199458
Date:
950
999
2nd half of 10th century
Description:
Culture: ByzantineMaterials/Techniques: ivory, carving (processes)Note: Provenance: Acquired from the Cathedral at Veroli, south east of Rome
Type:
still image
containers
ivories
Type (Narrower):
Containers
Type (Broader):
Object
Subject:
jewelry boxes
carvings
Greek mythology
animals
children
Venus (Roman deity)
Mars (Roman deity)
Bacchus (Greek deity)
nymphs (Greek deities)
sea horses
Geographic region:
Place of Production: Constantinople (Istanbul), Istanbul Province, Turkey
Extent:
11.5 x 40.3 cm
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
W76842_URN-3:FHCL:27735806
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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