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Carter No.: 540

Handlist description: Lid of casket 551

Card/Transcription No.: 551-2


Nos. 551, 540. CASKET

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Base wood, with ivory, ebony, faience, glass and calcite decoration.

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SIDE ELEVATION Knobs gesso-gilt

FRONT wood painted green ebony alternate ebony and ivory ivory ebony ivory ebony, ivory, ebony and ivory calcite blue light-blue glass red paint calcite dark blue glaze ivory 48.5 7

Carved ivory 72 blue faience calcite blue faience ivory 1 2 3 4 5 carved ivory panel 64 blue faience ebony

ebony gesso-gilt copper cap

Subjects. 1. Bull-calf lying down, 2 lion attacking an ibex, 3 galloping bull, 4 two bull-calves, one galloping the other lying down, 5. bull-calf scampering.

OPPOSITE SIDE Scene 5 Hound attacking ibex.

Scene 4 Cheetah throttling galloping bul, having sprung on to its back.

Scene 3 Scampering bull-calf.

Scene 2 Ibex running.

Scene 1 hound attacking bull-calf.

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Card no. 551-2 relating to Carter no. 540
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