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Leaf of a diptych sundial
Leaf of a diptych sundial
Artist :
Anonyme
Date : near 1500
Material : Ivory, Marks of gilding, Marks of polychromy
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1987)
Moyen-Age
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moyen-Age 1
Ground Floor
Item
166
on 211
Objets d'Art
Object (Cadran solaire)
Vitrine : V20
Area related
Nuremberg
(
Germany
)
Description
This plaque formed the top half of a folding portable sundial, a type of timepiece exclusively made in Nuremberg at the beginning of the 16th century.
