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Casket with Erotes and Animals
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Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wooden casket with silk lining; copper handle clasps lock plate and nails, Italian or Byzantine
Rights: Public Domain
Medieval Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan 1917
Title: Casket with Erotes and Animals
Description:
Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wooden casket with silk lining; copper handle clasps lock plate and nails, Italian or Byzantine.
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