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Carter No.: 540

Handlist description: Lid of casket 551

Card/Transcription No.: 540-2b


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in an open flowing robe; while in a frieze below, two court maidens gather flowers and the fruit of the mandrake for their charges. Surrounding this scene is a conventional floral border, also of carved and stained ivory, and the usual rectangular pattern of inlaid ivory, ebony, faience, and calcite. Above, on the curvature of the lid, is a long narrow inlaid panel of floral design in carved and stained ivory. The knobs upon this box are of wood gesso-gilt.

Card no. 540-2b relating to Carter no. 540
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