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Casket
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About this work
This casket is one of only a few of its kind to survive in such a fine state of preservation. A variety of such caskets were used in wealthy homes to store jewelry, seals, mirrors, and combs. A keyhole lock is provided for security. Caskets like this were often highly decorated and given to women as gifts.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCasket, late 1300s. Italy, Siena(?). Painted and gilded gesso on wood; overall: 23.2 x 41.3 x 18.3 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.600
