Casket with Warriors and Mythological Figures, 10th–11th century, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wood; silver lock plate, Overall: 4 5/8 x 17 1/4 x 7 1/8in. (11.7 x 43.8 x 18.1cm), Ivories, Bone caskets, used by the Byzantines in their homes, were often decorated with themes from classical antiquity. In the Middle Ages many such caskets reached western Europe, where despite their non-Christian decoration they were used in churches as containers for relics
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Casket, Warriors, Mythological Figures, 10th–11th century, Constantinople, Byzantine, Bone plaques, ornamental strips, wood, silver lock plate, Overall, 4 5/8 x 17 1/4 7 1/8in, 11.7 43.8 18.1cm, Ivories, caskets, Byzantines, homes, decorated, themes, classical antiquity, Middle Ages, caskets reached, western, Europe, non-Christian decoration, churches, containers, relics
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