Reliquary casket with the Tree of Life
Medium:Engraved and repoussé silver
Geography: Eastern Mediterranean
Date: c. 500-600 AD
Period: Byzantine period
Dimensions:4.31 x 13.3 x 6.93 cm
Object number: 986.181.62.1
Credit Line: Gift of the ROM Membership and the Government of Ontario
Gallery Location:Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of Byzantium
DescriptionThe lid of this reliquary casket depicts the Tree of Life in the Garden of Paradise. The scenes on the body represent the Veneration of the Cross by St. Peter and St. Paul, the archangels Gabriel and Michael, and the faithful represented as sheep.
