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Source Description
This twelve-sided box is inlaid with gold and silver and engraved. It has a dome-shaped cover, a hinge with two legs at the back, and a lock on the front. A wide inscription in thuluth script is interspersed with roundels displaying horsemen on the body. Two inscription bands and similar roundels are on the cover.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27651
label
Twelve-sided Box
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27651
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Twelve-sided Box
description
This twelve-sided box is inlaid with gold and silver and engraved. It has a dome-shaped cover, a hinge with two legs at the back, and a lock on the front. A wide inscription in thuluth script is interspersed with roundels displaying horsemen on the body. Two inscription bands and similar roundels are on the cover.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, August 11, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 13th-early 14th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.7
height
26.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/8 x Diam: 10 9/16 in. (25.7 x 26.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
inscriptions
[Translation] around cover: May glory and victory be yours as long as sun and moon rise; may glory and constancy be yours as long as morning and evening ""rise.""
med
brass, gold and silver inlay
creator_ids
3496
collection_ids
ISL
exhibition_ids
320
503
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
514fc219b18387aa