Inscription on the lid (front): "AVE MARIA GRATIA, PLENA DOMINUS". Surrounded by depictions of the upside-down world, including animals playing music.
Provenance
The box was returned from the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin in 1958 (as a return from the SU) together with other artefacts from the Historisches Museum Dresden. As things stand at present, the object is not part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden holdings, and its provenance or affiliation to the collection has not yet been clarified.
Literature / Source
Russ. Rückgabeliste 6.1 „Auszug aus Liste 6/1 über Kunstgegenstände aus dem Dresdener Historischen Museum, die von der Ermitage, Leningrad der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik zurückgegeben wurden“, Nr. 181.
