Name of Object:

Casket

Name in original language:

Arqueta

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Lázaro Galdiano Museum

 About Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid

Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Date of Object:

1100–1199; exhibited in 1910 and then acquired by Lázaro Galdiano

Inventory Number:

FLG3200

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Ivory, wood and copper; gilded, painted, carved

Dimensions:

18,5 x 34 x 11 cm

Provenance:

Spain

Description:

This casket was displayed in the exhibition about Islamic Art held in Munich in 1910. Afterwards it was acquired by Lázaro Galdiano, one of the most important Spanish art collectors. It is important to note Lazaro Galdiano's interest in and art appraisal of objects from the Spanish Muslim period. He was one of the earliest collectors of Arab art in Spain.

Citation of this web page:

Ámparo López "Casket" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;12;en

Prepared by: Ámparo López
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 012