Casket with Harpies

Description Provenance Credit

Description Seated figures are shown in central roundels on the sides and cover and in spandrels on front and back. Harpies appear in spandrels on the sides and the cover.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 6, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

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Creator

Mesopotamian (Artist)

Period

12th-13th century

Medium

brass, silver
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.525

Measurements

H: 5 11/16 x W: 5 13/16 x D: 4 5/16 in. (14.5 x 14.8 x 11 cm)

Geographies

Iraq (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View