Category:Siculo-arabic chest (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin)

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<nowiki>Siculo-Arabic ivory casket; Sycylijsko-arabska szkatuła z kości słoniowej; Sikulo-arabische Elfenbeinschatulle; Siculo-Arabisch ivoren kistje; carved ivory casket in the Museum für Islamische Kunst Collection in Berlin, Germany; Sycylijsko-arabska szkatuła z kości słoniowej z XI lub XII wieku; Sikulo-arabische Elfenbeinschatulle aus dem 11.-12. Jahrhundert; kistje uit gesneden ivoor, versierd met dieren en mensen in het Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlijn, Duitsland; Siculo-Arabic chest; Sycylijsko-arabska skrzynia z kości słoniowej; Sikulo-arabische Elfenbeinkasten</nowiki>
Siculo-Arabic ivory casket 
carved ivory casket in the Museum für Islamische Kunst Collection in Berlin, Germany
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LocationPergamon Museum, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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  • 11th century
Width
  • 39.5 cm
Height
  • 17 cm
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Wikidata Q107616022
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: OAHYKCLiUsBCow
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Elaborately carved ivory box with bronze(?) furnishings, probably used as a reliquary casket in the Treasury of Speyer Cathedral, Germany. Southern Italy or Sicily (with Arab influences), 11th century. Compare with Category:Olifant (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin), Category:Siculo-arabic carved chest (Sint-Servaasbasiliek) and Category:Morgan Casket (MET 17.190.241).

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