Sicilian-Arabic box made of ivory and gilded brass. Sicily, 12th...
Sicilian-Arabic box made of ivory and gilded brass. Sicily, 12th century. H: 10.2, W: 18, D: 12 cm. Total weight: 900 g. CITES No. FR2607200345K. Presumed provenance: Church of Valais, Rutschi Collection, Kofler-Truniger Collection, Brimo de La Roussilhe Collection, private collection in the Sarthe region. Bibliography: H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, *Skulpturen – Elfenbein. Perlmutter. Stein. Holz. Europaisches Mittelalter*, I, *Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger Luzern*, Stuttgart, 1964. A casket of this type appears in the inventory of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo compiled in 1309 and in the collections of the Musée de Cluny under no. OA6649.
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Sicilian-Arabic box made of ivory and gilded brass. Sicily, 12th century. H: 10.2, W: 18, D: 12 cm. Total weight: 900 g. CITES No. FR2607200345K. Presumed provenance: Church of Valais, Rutschi Collection, Kofler-Truniger Collection, Brimo de La Roussilhe Collection, private collection in the Sarthe region. Bibliography: H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, *Skulpturen – Elfenbein. Perlmutter. Stein. Holz. Europaisches Mittelalter*, I, *Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger Luzern*, Stuttgart, 1964. A casket of this type appears in the inventory of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo compiled in 1309 and in the collections of the Musée de Cluny under no. OA6649.
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