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Round Cover, Probably for a Box
(Islamic World )
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 Grohmann, "Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Letters in the History of Arabic Writing," Bull. de l'institut d'Egypte, 1958, p. 117-122.]
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11/16 x Diam: 3 11/16 in. (1.7 x 9.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.515
