cma-islamic-art: Luxury Inlaid Container, c. 1250-1350, Cleveland Museum of Art: Islamic ArtSilver a
cma-islamic-art: Luxury Inlaid Container, c. 1250-1350, Cleveland Museum of Art: Islamic ArtSilver and gold inlay transforms this brass box into a luxury container. Courtiers, birds, and fretwork form the decoration while inscriptions extend good wishes. On the body it reads: “Brilliance, and nobility, and patience, and modesty, and glory, and long life, and piety, and patience.”Size: Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 ½ in.); Overall: 12 cm (4 ¾ in.); Diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)Medium: sheet brass, inlaid with silver and goldhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1944.482 -- source link
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