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Case from a qalamdan, or pen box, with scenes from the story of Shaykh San'an and the Christian Maiden
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- papier mâché, painted with watercolour and gold, and coated with lacquer
- Dimensions
- 4.1 x 22.5 x 4 cm (height x width x depth)
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processed material › metal › gold,
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container › case › tool/implement-case › pen-case,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Church Missionary Society, 1966.
- Accession no.
- EA1966.58.a
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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. 6 on p. 58
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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- currently in research collection
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