17.190.235

17.190.235

Identifier
17.190.235
Transfer of custody
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquisition
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
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Description

In scenes recalling antiquity, two panels on the lid of this casket show erotes (nude children), fighting (left) and playing music (right). The style of the animals represented on the four sides suggests that the carving was done by Italian artists drawing on Byzantine models.