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Lid from a qalamdan, or pen box, with figural, vegetal, and calligraphic decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- probably 19th century (1801 - 1900)
- Material and technique
- brass, with openwork and incised decoration
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 23.8 x 7.8 cm (height x width x depth)
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › brass
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.859.b
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 14 on p. 24, illus. p. 24
Allan, J. W., ‘Prunus Sprays and Pepper Pots’, Oriental Art, 42/3, (Autumn 1996), p. 18, illus. p. 19 fig. 3
Location
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First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads
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First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads
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