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Lidded Box

1310-1341 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Egypt (made)

Cylindrical brass box with inscriptions and arabesque decorative bands.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Africa
Object type
Lidded box
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Hammered brass with traces of inlay on decorative arabesque as well as on the inscriptions
Brass
Hammered
Engraved
Brief description
Middle East, Metalwork. Box, cylindrical, brass inscribed in Arabic with honorific titles, Mamluk Egypt, 1310-1341.
Physical description
Cylindrical brass box with inscriptions and arabesque decorative bands.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11cm
  • Diameter: 9cm
Style
Mamluk
Marks and inscriptions
  • المقر أل... العالي /المولوي الملك الناصر (around the side)
    Translation
    The ruler..... the High/ the Lofty King al-Nasr
  • المقر العالي /المولوي الغازي الملك الناصر (lid-top)
    Translation
    The Ruler, the High/ the Lofty the Warrior King al-nasr
Place depicted
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
842:1, 2-1891

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O378694/lidded-box-unknown/
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