Siculo-Arabic ivory casket with gilt-metal mounts

An image of Sculpture / Casket. Ivory carved casket with gilt-metal mounts, height, whole, 4.0 in, width, whole, 6 1/2 in, depth, whole, 4.0 in, circa 1200-1300. Siculo-Arabic.

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Sculpture / Casket. Ivory carved casket with gilt-metal mounts, height, whole, 4.0 in, width, whole, 6 1/2 in, depth, whole, 4.0 in, circa 1200-1300. Siculo-Arabic.

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Accession Number: M.8-1935
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 99.79kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1
Captured: 2013:01:21 17:04:10

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13th Century box casket Fitz_AA gilt hinged ivory Medieval Sicilian

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