Lunch-box
BackDescription:
Lunch-box; engraved brass; inscribed but no blazon.
Object type: | lunch-box |
Museum number: | 1908,0328.2 |
Culture/period: | Mamluk dynasty |
Date: | 15thC-16thC |
Production place: | Made in: Egypt |
Materials: | brass |
Technique: | engraved |
Dimensions: | Width: 13.00 cm (max) Height: 18.40 cm |
Inscriptions: | Inscription details: inscription (in cartouches on each section) in Arabic in naskh script Inscription quoted: من تمعنا في جمالي نزهة العين يراني لي طرز من الخير قد حوى كل المعاني Inscription translation: He who contemplates my beauty will find me a delight to the eye I have a form which includes all the essence of good. Inscription note: Translation from Doris Behrens-Abouseif, "Veneto-Saracenic Metalware, a Mamluk Art", Mamluk Studies Review 9 (2005) 147-172, at 159. |
Location: | 10 |
Acquisition date: | 1908 |
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