- Period
- Byzantine
- Date
- 950–1000
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 464238
Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles
Unknown maker, 950–1000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 950–1000
- Medium
- Elephant ivory, with gilded copper alloy mounts
- Dimensions
- Overall (with mounts): 2 13/16 x 7 3/16 x 4 1/4 in. (7.1 x 18.3 x 10.8 cm) Overall (without mounts): 2 5/8 x 7 3/16 x 4 in. (6.7 x 18.3 x 10.2 cm) Top: 7 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 3/8 in. (18.3 x 9.7 x 1 cm)
- Period
- Byzantine
The record
Why it matters
Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles, dated 950–1000, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Elephant ivory, with gilded copper alloy mounts. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall (with mounts): 2 13/16 x 7 3/16 x 4 1/4 in. (7.1 x 18.3 x 10.8 cm) Overall (without mounts): 2 5/8 x 7 3/16 x 4 in. (6.7 x 18.3 x 10.2 cm) Top: 7 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 3/8 in. (18.3 x 9.7 x 1 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.