Portable Pen-Case (qalamdan)
Pen-Case
1220-1230 (made)
1220-1230 (made)
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The body in plan is an elongated triangle culminating in a four-lobed pointed arch at the widest end. The sides are vertical and each features epigraphic inscription.
The trilobed section is engraved with a woman-headed bird with her body in profile, encircled by a cusped halo of glory, she stands on a scrolling foliate ground.
In the long triangular section four animals walk from left to right: a hare, a cheetah and two wolves(?), on a scrolling foliate ground, all enclosed by a double fillet. This is the underside of the box, the top side is missing. The narrow end is pierced by a hole.
The flat finial is pierced sideways with a hole.
Patina: brassy yellow. Remains of lead (?) soldering near tip.
The trilobed section is engraved with a woman-headed bird with her body in profile, encircled by a cusped halo of glory, she stands on a scrolling foliate ground.
In the long triangular section four animals walk from left to right: a hare, a cheetah and two wolves(?), on a scrolling foliate ground, all enclosed by a double fillet. This is the underside of the box, the top side is missing. The narrow end is pierced by a hole.
The flat finial is pierced sideways with a hole.
Patina: brassy yellow. Remains of lead (?) soldering near tip.
Object details
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| Title | Portable Pen-Case (qalamdan) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hammered brass sheet. Decorated with champlevé designs, the ground filled with black composition. |
| Brief description | Hammered brass sheet decorated with champlevé designs. |
| Physical description | The body in plan is an elongated triangle culminating in a four-lobed pointed arch at the widest end. The sides are vertical and each features epigraphic inscription. The trilobed section is engraved with a woman-headed bird with her body in profile, encircled by a cusped halo of glory, she stands on a scrolling foliate ground. In the long triangular section four animals walk from left to right: a hare, a cheetah and two wolves(?), on a scrolling foliate ground, all enclosed by a double fillet. This is the underside of the box, the top side is missing. The narrow end is pierced by a hole. The flat finial is pierced sideways with a hole. Patina: brassy yellow. Remains of lead (?) soldering near tip. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £8 from J.Sassoon & Co., 62 Mortimer St, Cavendish Square, London W1, 2 August 1903. |
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| Accession number | 1175-1903 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2003 |
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