Intarsia casket
- Hispano-Moresque, 14th–15th century
- Spain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.24 x 43.18 cm (6 x 17 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Wood
- Classification
- Furniture
- Type
- box/casket
- Accession Number
- 49.483
- Not on view
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Intarsia casket. Rectangular with high beveled cover. Inlaid with geometric tile design in ivory, green stars & checkered ground on white. Dentate lines in white & herringbone lines in green, white & 3 wood colors. Brass mounts at corners (1 missing) & 3
1930, Henri Daguerre, Paris; December 4, 1930, sold by Daguerre to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N2884); May 12, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 401, to the MFA for $325. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
William Francis Warden Fund
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