Round Box

Description This round box has a dome-shaped cover attached with chains on two sides, fastening in the front. Around the body is a broad band containing a thuluth inscription of blessings for the sultan. Persian verses decorate the cover along with arabesque patterns.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/24/1972	Treatment	cleaned
8/27/1974	Treatment	cleaned
12/13/2011	Examination	Examined for exhibition

Exhibitions

• Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca. 1966-1967.
• Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922