Luxury Inlaid Container
c. 1250–1350
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Luxury Inlaid Container, c. 1250–1350. Northern Iraq, Ayyubid period. Sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold; diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.482
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Band around body (naskh): "Lasting glory, and safe life, and increasing prosperity, [and] nobility, [and] effective authority"; band around body (naskh): "Brilliance, and nobility, and patience, and modesty, and glory, and long life, and piety, and patience"
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.482
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islamic Art, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, Islam and the Medieval West, Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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