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Qalamdan, or pen box, with battle scene
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Details
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- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- papier-mâché, painted with watercolour, and coated with lacquer
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 23.3 x 4.1 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Mrs I. Clifton Hemsley, 1971.
- Accession no.
- EA1971.15
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Further reading
Robinson, B. W., ‘Lacquer in the University of Oxford’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, no. 4 on p. 58, p. 46, illus. pp. 50-51 figs 8-13
Glossary
lacquer
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
Location
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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First floor | Room 31 | Islamic Middle East
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