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Rosette Casket
Production: Unknown
Casket of wood covered with ivory plaques fixed with bone pegs. The casket is rectangular with a projecting moulding round the base. The lid has a low rectangular truncated pyramid in the middle surrounded by a flat border. Each side of the casket is decorated with two sunk panels, each carved with a beast (four of griffins, two of lions, and two of bears) , framed by narrow plaques carved with formal rosettes. The sunk panels are flanked by narrow strips of polychrome intarsia work. The lid has a rectangular panel carved with a lion and a griffin confronted and two pairs of acanthus scrolls. The border is carved with scrolling foliage and bunches of grapes.
History note: Frédéric Spitzer, Paris; Spitzer Collection, vol. I, p. 30, no. 5; Frank McClean.
McClean Bequest
Height: 14.7 cm
Length: 24.9 cm
Width: 19.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1200
CE
The wooden part and intarsia work are probably 19th century.
Pegs
composed of
bone
Casket
composed of
wood (plant material)
Plaques
composed of
ivory
Carving : Casket of wood with ivory plaques fixed with bone pegs
Accession number: M.18-1904
Primary reference Number: 31578
Wikidata: Q87488020
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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