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Maître Jean Emmanuel PRUNIER

48 - Sicilian-Arabic casket in ivory and gilded brass.
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Estimate €30,000 - €40,000
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Description
Sicilian-Arabic casket in ivory and gilded brass. Sicily, 12th century. H: 10.2, L: 18, D: 12 cm. Total weight: 900 g. CITES No. FR2607200345K. Presumed provenance: a church in Valais; the Rutschi Collection; the Kofler-Truniger Collection; the Brimo de La Roussilhe Collection; a private collection in the Sarthe. Bibliography: H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, *Skulpturen – Elfenbein. Perlmutter. Stein. Holz. Europäisches Mittelalter*, I, *Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger Luzern*, Stuttgart, 1964. A casket of this type appears in the inventory of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo drawn up in 1309 and in the collections of the Cluny Museum under no. OA6649.
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