Round Cover, Probably for a Box
The outside is inlayed with a frieze of blessings in nashki script, and the inside depicts a horseman fighting with an eagle. Seated figures appear along the rim.The nashki script shows beautifully developed human-headed writing. [For more on anthropomorphic letters see Adolf...
Artifact
| id |
id
20982
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [from the Hamadan Treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 6, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.515_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.515_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.515_Fnt_BW_C39.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.515 |
Terms
Medium
bronze with silver inlay
Genre
covers (closures)