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Siculo-Arabic ivory casket with gilt-metal mounts

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An image of Sculpture / Casket. Ivory carved casket with gilt-metal mounts, height, whole, 4 1/4 in, width, whole, 8.0 in, depth, whole, 4 3/8 in, circa 1200-1400. Siculo-Arabic.

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Sculpture / Casket. Ivory carved casket with gilt-metal mounts, height, whole, 4 1/4 in, width, whole, 8.0 in, depth, whole, 4 3/8 in, circa 1200-1400. Siculo-Arabic.

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  • Accession Number: M.7-1935
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 81.34kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 39/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:22 11:11:45

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13th Century 14th Century box casket Fitz_AA gilt hinged ivory Medieval sculpture Sicilian

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rgb(107,106,99), rgb(237,224,178), rgb(56,43,25), rgb(196,190,180), rgb(213,189,136), rgb(74,74,73), rgb(179,175,163), rgb(152,150,145), rgb(103,83,42), rgb(162,143,97), rgb(244,204,108)

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