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Casket

15th century
Object PlaceVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIvory; bone
Dimensions13.34 x 12.7 cm (5 1/4 x 5 in.)
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbáty
Accession number54.1567
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBoxes
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1939, Eugene L. Garbáty (b. 1880 - d. 1966), New York and East Norwalk, CT [see note 1]; 1954, gift of Garbáty to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)

NOTES:
[1] Eugene Garbáty emigrated from Berlin to New York between 1938 and 1939, and brought much of his art collection with him. It is probable, though not securely documented, that he had acquired this already by 1938.
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