COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_04907
Creator name:
unknown
Title:
Pyxis
Date:
ca. 950-75
Date type:
creation date
Repository name:
Cloisters, the
Repository name variant:
The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository location:
New York, New York
Repository_inventory_ number:
1970.324.5
Style_Period:
Umayyad
Style_Period:
Islamic (culture or style)
Subject:
carving (process)
Subject:
animals
Subject:
vines
Subject:
vegetation
Culture:
Spanish Islamic
Culture:
Iberian
Category:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work_type:
pyxides (personal use containers)
Material_Technique:
elephant ivory
Measurement:
11.7 x 10.5 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
From MMA site: "The incorporation of birds, lions, and gazelles amid richly carved vine scrolls is typical of dense symmetrical Islamic design, which, in turn, influenced the decoration of European Romanesque ivories and manuscripts."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_04906.JPG
