Box and Lid
1500-1600 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The decoration is in silver on a delicate scrollwork ground.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brass, turned, engraved and damascened, with a black lacquer infill |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Cylindrical brass box and lid, decorated with silver-inlaid strapwork and engraved foliate scrollwork against black lacquer infill, probably Cairo, 1500-1600 |
| Physical description | The decoration is in silver on a delicate scrollwork ground. |
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| Production | probably by a Muslim craftsman |
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| Bibliographic reference | Sylvia Auld, Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud the Kurd. A metalworking enigma, 2004, no.3.4, p.201. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 44&A-1905 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2003 |
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