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Casket
late 1300s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This casket is one of only a few of its kind to survive in such a fine state of preservation. A variety of such caskets were used in wealthy homes to store jewelry, seals, mirrors, and combs. A keyhole lock is provided for security. Caskets like this were often highly decorated and given to women as gifts.
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Details
- Title: Casket
- Date Created: late 1300s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 23.2 x 41.3 x 18.3 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: according to a letter dated 4 November 1952 from Harold W. Parsons to William Milliken, Bossi claimed his father had "bought [the casket] in Siena from a convent."
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.600
- Medium: painted and gilded gesso on wood
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Italy, Siena?, late 14th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Accession Number: 1954.600
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