c. 1890
Japanese style, rectangular gold trim and loop in "bamboo," double sided and hinged, iron face with gold and silver applied detail decoration. One side: basket of flowers; other side: two herons. Interior is gold, with space for two pictures. Related to 1895.632, 633, 634, 646?
4.45 x 2.86 x 0.95 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Mrs. William Hayes Fogg, New York NY, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
Copper alloy
3rd-7th centuryRomanLead
ByzantineGold
2nd century BCEGreekCopper alloy
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanCopper alloy
1st-2nd century CERomanFaience
16th-14th century BCEEgyptianSilver
1st-2nd century CERomanAmber and silver beads, silver filigree pendant, on metallic threads.
18th centuryBritishBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianBronze
8th century BCEItalicBronze
8th-7th century BCEGreekOpaque glass: white base layer with blue, white, and dark brown layers.