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Italian (Venice)
15th century
Object Place: Europe, Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Ivory; bone
Dimensions
13.34 x 12.7 cm (5 1/4 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Eugene L. Garbáty
Accession Number54.1567
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBoxes
DescriptionHexagonal pine bottom, velvet lined. Carved panel of two fashionably dressed ladies and/or gentlemen on each side; warriors on slightly curved corner plaques. Angular domed cover with alternative bands of bone and intarsia, green band below shaped knob with metal ring. Keyhole. Broken bands of discolored bone at top and bottom. Hinged lid.
ProvenanceBy 1939, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), New York and East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1954, gift of Garbáty to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)
NOTES:
[1] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.
NOTES:
[1] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.