Coffer
Unknown Artist
The coffer was probably intended to contain a dowry. Scenes of the front and back depict hunts for wild boar and bear; the figures on the sides are from classical mythology.
Credit: Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
1613
Gold-tooled leather on wood; gilt brass; silk and metallic thread
18.7 x 27.0 x 16.4 cm
67.55.134a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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