Casket with allegories of the Four Elements
Object type: Casket
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Czech, Chêb (Bohemian, Eger)
Artist: Adam Eck
Artist bio: 1604–1664
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Various soft and fruit woods, partly stained and ebonized, carved, ebonized; marbelized paper lined interior; iron mounts
Dimensions: Overall: H. 8 11/16 x W. 16 5/16 x D. 13 in. (22.1 x 41.4 x 33 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts; Gift of Thelma Williams Gill and The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gift, by exchange, 2009
Accession year: 2009
Tags: Dragons|Chariots|Lions