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Decorative Cladding for a Marriage Chest
Humans, animals, plants, and decorative patterns cover these metal sheets, or cladding, which decorated a box or chest. Deer, rabbits, doves, peacocks, and fish contend with four-legged predators, perhaps representing dogs or lions. Two warriors on horseback are each being attacked by a long-tailed predator. At the center of the front of the chest, under an archway, a couple is shown in an intimate embrace. These reliefs likely decorated a chest that was made for a woman who was about to be married. The sheets are mounted on a modern frame to recreate the form of the chest.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894 (?), [mode of acquisition unknown] [bronze no. 288/148]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/7/1967 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
Daghestan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: H: 11 1/2 × W: 19 1/2 × D: 11 13/16 in. (29.2 × 49.5 × 30 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2235