Title: Tower Reliquary with Eight Apostles and the Symbols of the Four Evangelists
Object type: Reliquary box
Date: ca. 1200–1250
Culture: German
Medium: Bone, gilt copper alloy, wood core
Dimensions: Overall: 9 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (23.3 x 14 cm)
base only: 6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (15.6 x 14 cm)
Lid only: 3 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (8.6 x 14 cm)
Classification: Ivories-Bone
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Geography: Made in Cologne   Germany      
Department: Medieval Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Birds, term: Apostles