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Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Metal (fittings);bone

Height: 65mm
Width: 140mm
Depth: 175mm

Lid
Register 1: male musician; tree; female musician.
Register 2: female musician playing the harp; fountain; male musician playing a string instrument.
Body, front
Two hunters holding spears.
End, right
Hunter with a spear; boar; tree.
Crosshatched background; foliated borders.
Rest not seen.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Engraved on all sides.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 10 July 1978, lot 62.

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