Museum collection · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 38222
Panel of a Portable Shrine
Unknown maker, 5th–6th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Gift of Samuel Eilenberg, 1987 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 5th–6th century
- Medium
- Phyllitic brown schist
- Dimensions
- H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (4.7 cm); D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
- Era
- Museum collection
Why it matters
Panel of a Portable Shrine, dated 5th–6th century, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Phyllitic brown schist. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (4.7 cm); D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.