Box with Equestrian Falconers

A cylindrical ivory box with a domed lid, a rectangular metal lock plate with keyhole, and small metal hinges and clasps. The ivory surface bears incised and stained motifs, including what may be a rider and a bird, plus small flowers and leaves. The record's subject of equestrian falconers cannot be confirmed from the faint carving visible here.

Look closer: Small carved flower motif on the lower left of the box body.

Artist

Unknown

Date

13th century

Medium

Elephant ivory with copper alloy mounts, polychromy

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2399 × 2858 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1955