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Palermo, Palace of the Normans
Staved rectangular box Supposed from the 12th-13th centuries
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Palermo, Palace of the Normans
Staved rectangular box Supposed from the 12th-13th centuries
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Wooden box, ivory plated, composed by staves decorated with concentric circles. Probably Byzantine handcrafted.
Dimensions of the object
42 x 17 x 11 cmBibliography
- "L'età normanna e sveva in Sicilia", catalogo della mostra a Palazzo dei Normanni a Palermo, organizzata dall'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, Palermo, 1994.
- M. Carrà " Gli avori in occidente" Milano, 1966.
- Brimo de la Laroussilhe, Sculptures et objets d'art précieux du VIe au XVIe siècle, Paris 1992.Location
Palermo, Tesoro della Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei NormanniPhotography
G. Cappellani