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Iron-Bound Strongbox
Iron-Bound Strongbox

Iron-Bound Strongbox

Artist Unknown
Date17th century
MediumIron, steel, and black paint
Dimensions13 1/2 x 25 x 14 in. (34.3 x 63.5 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsMetal
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Seventeenth-Century Room Fund
Object number2003.7
On View
On view
ProvenancePrivate collection, England; sale, Christie's, South Kensington, February 26, 2003, lot 274 - purchased by NMCA.
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