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Clone of Embriachi Casket @ test(3D)

External links

Embriachi workshop, V&A Museum
Embriachi workshop, The Gothic Ivories Project
The Virtues and Vices, Giotto’s Arena Chapel

Commentary

Clone of Embriachi Casket @ test(3D)
Accession number: 
WA1947.191.2.28
Collection: 
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

Octagonal marriage casket made in the Embriachi workshop, Italy.
Early 15th Century

Each side has two ivory plaques within an architectural setting; on the base are scenes of the Judgment of Paris; on the lid are the seven virtues and two guard figures standing above the keyhole, which is no longer functional.

Height 38.4 cm
Width: 33.5 cm