Casket with Foliated Scrollwork and Grotesque Animals
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Casket with Foliated Scrollwork and Grotesque Animals
1873, after original of 17th or 18th century
Plaster cast of original ivory carving
State:
Reproduction
5 11/16 in. x 9 in. x 6 7/8 in. (14.5 cm x 22.9 cm x 17.5 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
1868.38
Other Number(s):
1873.260.b (Incorrect Accession No.)
Acquisition Date:
1908
Geography:
Asia, Sri Lanka
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Sculptures; Fictile Ivories
Culture/Nationality:
Sri Lankan (Sinhala, Sinhalese, Cingalese)
Collection:
Fictile Ivories
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- casts - Sculptural works or reproductions made by casting. In industrial and building trade contexts, prefer "castings."
- Casts
- figurative art - Art that portrays forms recognizably derived from objective sources, in however altered or distorted form. Includes but not limited to representations of the human figure.
- Plaster casts
- representation - A manner of expression by the artist in which the subject matter is presented so that the observer is reminded of actual visible forms. However, the subject represented may or may not exist in the visible world. For example, representations may include presentations of subject matter that are invisible to the eye, such as emotions or imaginary events, as if they are visible.
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Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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J. O. Westwood,
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum
G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods.
London, England, 1876
Page Number: 255, no. 723
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