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Casket
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About this work
This square fritware box originally had a with hinged top. It is covered on the inside and outside with opaque turquoise glaze. The top back corners of the casket are surmounted by small openwork knobs. The casket would have rested on four feet, which have been lost. This is a ceramic imitation of a wooden box with metal fittings. The relief ornament imitates metal straps and a lock fitting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCasket, late 1100s–1200s. Syria (Raqqa), Ayyubid Period. Fritware with molded design under glaze; overall: 20.4 x 18 x 15.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.652
