Metal Boxes

Enameled gilt casket (British Museum 1859,0110.1). France - ca. 1180

Casket with feet (Museum für Islamische Kunst I. 544). Iran - 13th-14th C.

Cast brass caskets (British Museum 1957,0801.1). Iran - 13th-14th C.

Bronze covered wood box (British Museum 1891,0116.1). 14th C.

Silver-laid coffer (Louvre K 3440). Iran - 14th C.

Octagonal coffer (Kunstgewerbemuseum W 7). Germany - 14th-15th C.

Domed coffer (Louvre OA 843). 15th C.

Casket with handle (Louvre OA 844). 15th C.

Bronze casket (Louvre R 52). 1485-1500

Bronze casket with mythological figures (Kunstgewerbemuseum K 9503). Italy - ca. 1500

Aventurine coffer (Louvre MR 166). 1540-41

Tortoise shell coffer (Louvre OA 12285). Mexico - 1540-80

Enameled coffer (Louvre OA 10561). France - 1545-49

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