Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:
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ID_Number:
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WBD_04907
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Creator name:
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unknown
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Title:
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Pyxis
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Date:
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ca. 950-75
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Date type:
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creation date
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Repository name:
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Cloisters, the
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Repository name variant:
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The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Repository location:
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New York, New York
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Repository_inventory_ number:
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1970.324.5
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Style_Period:
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Umayyad
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Style_Period:
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Islamic (culture or style)
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Subject:
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carving (process)
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Subject:
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animals
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Subject:
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vines
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Subject:
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vegetation
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Culture:
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Spanish Islamic
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Culture:
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Iberian
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Category:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Work_type:
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pyxides (personal use containers)
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Material_Technique:
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elephant ivory
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Measurement:
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11.7 x 10.5 cm
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Copy_Source:
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digital image
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Image_Source:
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Walter Denny
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Note:
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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."
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Rights Reproduction & Access:
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Duplication rights - Walter Denny
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Filename:
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WBD_04906.JPG
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view description:
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full view
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