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Casket
second half 16th century
- Date
- second half 16th century
- Culture or place
- Sri Lanka, probably Kandy
- Medium
- Ivory, brass and silver
- Size
- H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); D. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
- Type
- Ivories
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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