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Source Description
This ivory box is decorated with roundels and drinking figures and bears an inscription in "naskhi."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13411
label
Box (Pyx)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
13411
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box (Pyx)
description
This ivory box is decorated with roundels and drinking figures and bears an inscription in "naskhi."
provenance
Baer Collection, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Germanisches Museum; J. G. Pollack Collection, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th-13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
pyxides
boxes
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14
height
13.1
dimensionsRaw
H with knob: 5 1/2 x Diam: 5 1/8 in. (14 x 13.05 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
style
Siculo-Arabic
med
ivory (elephant tusk), with gilding and paint
creator_ids
6271
collection_ids
ISL
MED
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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