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Pierced inkwell lid from a qalamdan, or pen box
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- brass, with openwork decoration, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm (height x width x depth)
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass,organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by the Church Missionary Society, 1966.
- Accession no.
- EA1966.60.c
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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. 9 on pp. 58-59
Location
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- currently in research collection
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