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Casket with Harpies
(Islamic World )
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
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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.
Geographies
Iraq (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 11/16 x W: 5 13/16 x D: 4 5/16 in. (14.5 x 14.8 x 11 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.525