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Twelve-sided Box
(Islamic World )
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.
Inscription
Provenance
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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.
Exhibitions
| 1949 | The Arts of Persia. |
| 1940 | Exhibition of Persian Art. Iranian Institute, New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/1972 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 8/23/1974 | Treatment | cleaned; repaired |
Geographies
Iran, Fars (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 1/8 x Diam: 10 9/16 in. (25.7 x 26.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.524