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Morgan Casket
The Morgan Casket is a medieval casket from Southern Italy, probably Norman Sicily. However, it reflects the Islamic style of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, the culturally dominant power in the Western Mediterranean at the time. It is made from carved ivory and bone over a wooden framework, and is dated to the 11th–12th centuries AD. It was donated to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art by the J.P. Morgan estate in 1917. The casket has many images of men and animals, vines and rosettes, and one image of a woman. The carvings are considered among the most beautiful carvings from southern Italy during Norman rule. The overall dimensions are 8 7/8 in. (22.3 cm) high, 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm) wide, 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) deep and the lid is 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) high. It was part of the donation by J. P. Morgan's estate in 1917. Description The casket is made of carved ivory and bone, over a wooden framework. All the visible faces have carvings, and standing sword-wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of largest art museums, largest art museum in the Americas. With 5.36 million visitors in 2023, it is the List of most-visited museums in the United States, most-visited museum in the United States and the List of most-visited art museums, fifth-most visited art museum in the world. In 2000, its permanent collection had over two million works; it currently lists a total of 1.5 million works. The collection is divided into 17 curatorial departments. The Met Fifth Avenue, The main building at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along the Museum Mile, New York, Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is by area one of the world's list of largest art museums, largest art museums. The first portion of the approximately building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
