Ivory Plaque with the Crucifixion and Entombment in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Center Panel of a Triptych with the Crucifixion and the Entombment

Date: ca. 1100

Geography: Made in, Amalfi

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Ivory

Dimensions: Overall: 8 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 9/16 in. (22.5 x 10.4 x 1.4 cm)

Classification: Ivories

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.43

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1700...

Originally the central panel of a triptych, this ivory has a cavity below the Entombment scene that may indicate its function as a reliquary for pieces of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.