Box
2012
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Pentagonal lidded box with repeating inlay mircomosaic designs covering the entire surafce, predominantly in green, red, black and white. The lid of the box opens on a hinge to reveal a pentagonal glass mirror inside the lid, with a chain connecting the box and lid to each other.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wood (jujube, rosewood orange wood), camel bone, brass wire |
| Brief description | Khatamkari box, wood with micromosaic metal inlay, by Mehdi Fooladfar, Shiraz, Iran, 2012 |
| Physical description | Pentagonal lidded box with repeating inlay mircomosaic designs covering the entire surafce, predominantly in green, red, black and white. The lid of the box opens on a hinge to reveal a pentagonal glass mirror inside the lid, with a chain connecting the box and lid to each other. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mehdi Fooladfar |
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| Accession number | ME.2-2017 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2017 |
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