Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve
1000–1100s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve, 1000–1100s. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th-12th century. Ivory, wood; overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade 1924.747 Carved out of imported ivory by skilled craftsmen, boxes such as these were used by Byzantine elites to store luxury goods such as jewelry.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ivory
- Formatted Medium
- ivory, wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Greek inscriptions are included in each plaque.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1924.747
- Credit Line
- Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Early Christian and Byzantine Art.</em> The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, (April 24-June 24, 1947).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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