Casket
1170-1230 (made)
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Casket, wood covered with bone plaques, with painted and gilded decoration. With an inscription written in Arabic and copper-gilt mounts.
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Materials and techniques | Wood covered with bone, with painted and gilded decoration |
Brief description | Casket, wood covered with bone, with painted and gilded decoration, possibly made in Spain, 11th or 12th century |
Physical description | Casket, wood covered with bone plaques, with painted and gilded decoration. With an inscription written in Arabic and copper-gilt mounts. |
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Gallery label | CASKET
Wood, covered with ivory and bone and with painted and gilded decoration
HISPANO-ARABIC; 11th or 12th century
Acquired in Leon
11-1866
The decoration includes the Arabic inscription: 'Happiness and prosperity', and two more inscriptions which are now indecipherable.(Old gallery label (before Nov 2003)) |
Production | Traditionally dated to the fourteenth century and thought to be a product of Nasrid Granada. But, attribution based on stylistic features, most of which can be traced to Almohad roots. The circular geometric motifs relate to the illuminated frontispieces of Almohad Qur'ans, and the seated musicians are like those seen on brocade textiles, as well as incised pottery from Murcia, datable to the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries. The figurative decoration itself supports an earlier attribution - very little Nasrid art is figurative. (M. Rosser-Owen, 2010). |
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Accession number | 11-1866 |
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Record created | March 7, 2007 |
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