Title: Casket with Erotes and Animals
Object type: Casket
Date: 12th century
Culture: Italian or Byzantine
Medium: Bone plaques and ornamental strips over wooden casket with silk lining; copper handle, clasps, lock plate, and nails
Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (12.1 x 39.4 x 19.7cm)
Classification: Ivories-Bone
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Geography: Made in    Northern Adriatic      
Department: Medieval Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Children, term: Musicians