North Italian, probably Ferrara, late 15th/ first half 16th century

the alder wood carcase applied with reliefs depicting a classical triumphal procession set against a gilt ground  

Private collection, Munich

Overall condition good with wear to edge of base and lid where the detailing has become rubbed and worn. Some losses to gilding and one base corner chipped. Head of figure on right side missing as well as upper border of back panel. Relined with silk.
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Such caskets have been described as Venetian, Paduan and Sienese but are now generally thought to be from a Ferrara workshop. The decoration in lead rice paste was produced in a mould  and then applied by glue to the casket. Although the production appears to have been plentiful and to have spanned a half a century, by the very nature of the material in which they were made, the majority have not survived.

RELATED LITERATURE
G. Cantelli, Il Museo Stibbert a Firenze (Milan, 1974) vol. I, pl. 421, 422 a-b, vol. II, p. 213, nos. 2776-79; Pastiglia Boxes, Hidden Treasures of the Italian Renaissance from the Collections of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Rome, exh.cat. Lowe Art Museum (2002) nos. 16-18