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Ivory casket
Unknown11th / 12th century
Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
With the establishment of Fatimid rule in Egypt and Syria, trade came to be more strongly oriented towards the western Mediterranean. The Fatimids left clear traces on Sicily especially, even after its conquest by the Christian Normans (second half of the 11th century) and through the Staufen period up into the 13th century.
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Details
- Title: Ivory casket
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 11th / 12th century
- Location: Southern Italy / Sicily
- Physical Dimensions: w39.5 x h17.3 x d22.8 cm
- Type: Relief
- Medium: Ivory
- Inv. no.: K 3101
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-814517
- External link: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyrights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Georg Niedermeiser || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Collection: Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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